Viâtor, pen. pro. viatôris, m. g. Pli. Cic.A trauailer by the way: a wayfaring man.Captabit vacuus coram latrone viator.Iuuen.A trauailer that carieth no money with him, will bee without feare, and sing euen before the theefe.Aridus viator.Virg.Viator exceptus latronibus. Celf. Taken of theeues.Fessus viator. Hor. Siccus. Ouidi. Lassus. Catul. Sitiens. Ouid.Cautus præcingitur ense viator.Ouid.A wise man trauelling by the way, beareth weapon with him. Viatores. Colum Sergeants or other like officers that warne men to appeare to assemblies, purseuants.Mittere viatorem.Cic.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
vĭātor, ōris, m. [vio]. I. In gen., a wayfarer, traveller, Cic. Fat. 15, 34; id. Mil. 21, 55; Caes. B. G. 4, 5; Verg. G. 4, 97; id. Fragm. ap. Don. Vit. Verg.; Hor. C. 3, 4, 30; id. S. 1, 5, 17; Ov. Tr. 2, 271; id. P. 4, 10, 34; Phaedr. 2, 1, 5; Juv. 10, 22; Mart. 2, 6, 14; 11, 13, 1.—II. In partic., a summoner, apparitor, an officer whose duty was to summon persons before the magistrate, Varr. ap. Gell. 13, 12, 6; Cic. Sen. 16, 56; id. Vatin. 9, 22; Liv. 2, 56, 13; 3, 56, 5; Just. Inst. 4, 6; Dig. 5, 1, 82; Inscr. Grut. 627, 1 sqq.