Emissarium, rij, n. g. Suet. A sluce or other place to let water out of a pond or riuer
Emissarius, rij. m. g Cic.A suborned accuser or busie fellow: reaby to vere and trouble euery man. Hee that is sent out before battaile to espre or skirmish. One appointed of an officer to procure bribes or to bring rales. Sue. Emissarius equus, aries, & huiusmodi. Plau. A stalion seruing for breede.Emissarius palmes. Plin. A vine branch bent out from his fellowes.
ēmissārĭus, ii, m. [id.; sent out, put forth; hence], I.An emissary, scout, spy, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 8 Ascon.; 2, 3, 40; id. Fam. 7, 2, 3; Vell. 2, 18 fin.; Suet. Galb. 15; id. Dom. 11.—B.Transf., in eccl. Lat. 1.An attendant, one of the guard, Vulg. 1 Reg. 22, 17.—2. Caper emissarius, the scapegoat, sent to bear the sins of the people to the wilderness, Vulg. Levit. 16, 8 al.—II. In botany, a young branch, a shoot, Plin. 17, 23, 35, 208.