jăcŭlātor
ōris, m.
I.
a thrower, caster, hurler.
I.
In gen.: Enceladus jaculator audax (truncorum), Hor. C. 3, 4, 55: fulminis, Stat. Th. 12, 562; Arn. 4, 22: missis a rege Boccho jaculatoribus, Sen. Brev. Vit. 13, 6.—
II.
In partic.
A.
A thrower of the dart or javelin (a sort of light-armed soldier, who carried only a dart or javelin): jaculatorum manus, Liv. 36, 18; 21, 21 al. —
B.
A caster of the net, a fisherman, Plaut. ap. Isid. Orig. 19, 5, 2.—
III.
Trop., an accuser: felix orator quoque maximus et jaculator, Juv. 7, 193.