Mercator

Latin-English

mercāt|or, -ōris. (merˈka.tor) masc.

1. A trader, a merchant, a dealer; a wholesaler.

[mercor.]

Loci

• αʹ Cicero, Ad Familiares 1.9:

Postea, cum tu Hispaniam citeriorem cum imperio obtineres neque res publica consules haberet, sed mercatores provinciarum et seditionum servos ac ministros.

Afterwards, while you held imperium in Hither Spain, the Republic would not have consuls, but men who traffic in provinces, the slaves and servants of seditiousness.