noun
- declension: 2nd declension
- gender: masculine
Definitions:
- priest carrying torch (who guided initiates to-be at the Eleusinian mysteries)
- Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
- Area: Ecclesiastic, Biblical, Religious
- Geography: All or none
- Frequency: Having only single citation in Oxford Latin Dictionary or Lewis + Short
- Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)