Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A traveler; a wayfaring person.
- noun In Roman antiquity, a servant who attended upon and executed the commands of certain Roman magistrates; a summoner or apparitor.
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- noun rare
wayfarer ,traveler
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Ages in which "the way" was the technical theological expression for this mortal life; and "viator" meant man in his state of trial, as
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 John [Editor] Rudd 1885
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The parchment directs him to a volcano in Iceland and tells him: Descende, audax viator… et terrestre centrum attinges Descend, bold traveler… and you will attain the center of the Earth.
First Contact Marc Kaufman 2011
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The parchment directs him to a volcano in Iceland and tells him: Descende, audax viator… et terrestre centrum attinges Descend, bold traveler… and you will attain the center of the Earth.
First Contact Marc Kaufman 2011
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The parchment directs him to a volcano in Iceland and tells him: Descende, audax viator, et terrestre centrum attinges Descend, bold traveler, and you will attain the center of the Earth.
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Dylan Chivian coined the name “audaxviato” from a phrase found in Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth, in a message – "Conveniently in Latin," says Chivian -- deciphered by Verne's protagonist, Professor Lidenbrock, which reads in part, "descende, Audax viator, et terrestre centrum attinges."
Archive 2008-10-01 Staq Mavlen 2008
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Dylan Chivian coined the name “audaxviato” from a phrase found in Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth, in a message – "Conveniently in Latin," says Chivian -- deciphered by Verne's protagonist, Professor Lidenbrock, which reads in part, "descende, Audax viator, et terrestre centrum attinges."
Single Species Ecosystem At The Earth's Core Staq Mavlen 2008
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Recent evidence has shown that the harvester termite Microhodotermes viator most likely creates these heuweltjies.
Kaokoveld desert 2008
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Recent evidence has shown that the harvester termite Microhodotermes viator most likely creates these heuweltjies.
Namib desert 2008
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January 7, 2009 10:28 PM viator.incognitus said...
Top Ten #3 – Paul Fusco's RFK Rediscovered The Year in Pictures 2008
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Then viator (though it sounds all right) is doubtful; it has too much, perhaps, the sense of wayfarer?
Vailima Letters 2005
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