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lustrābĭlis, e, adj. [lustro], conspicuous, περίβλεπτος (i. e. spectabilis), Gloss. Philox.

lustrāgo, ĭnis, f. [perh. from lustrum], a plant, also called verbenaca, App. Herb. 3.

lustrālis, e, adj. [2. lustrum], relating to purification from guilt or the appeasing of the gods, lustral.

  1. I. Lit.: sacrificium, a sacrifice of purification, a propitiatory offering, Liv. 1, 28: aqua, lustral water, holy water, Ov. P. 3, 2, 73: exta, Verg. A. 8, 183: hostiae, App. Mag. p. 304 fin.: vota, Val. Fl. 3, 414: caput, atoning (of Iphigenia), Sen. Agam. 163.
  2. II. [V. 2. lustrum.] Of or belonging to a period of five years, quinquennial: certamen, Tac. A. 6, 4: aurum, a tax levied every five years on petty shopkeepers, usurers, and brothel-keepers: AVRI LVSTRALIS COACTOR, Inscr. Grut. 347, 4: collatio, Cod. Th. 13, tit. 1: census Romae, Ulp. Regul. 1, 8.
    Hence, subst.: lustrālis, is, m., the collector of this tax, Inscr. Fabr. p. 426, n. 458.

lustrāmen, ĭnis, n. [lustro], a means of purification, Val. Fl. 3, 442; 409.

1. lustrāmentum, i, n. [lustro], a means of purification, Arn. in Psa. 118, Serm. 8.

2. lustrāmentum, i, n. [lustror], an incentive to lust: si quis lustramenti causā dederit cantharides, Dig. 48, 8, 3.

lustrātĭo, ōnis, f. [lustro], a purification by sacrifice, a lustration.

  1. I. Lit.: lustrationis sacro peracto, Liv. 40, 6; 40, 13, 2 sq.; Col. 2, 22, 5.
  2. II. Transf. [v. lustro, II.], a going or wandering about: lustrationesque (ferarum), Cic. Tusc. 5, 27, 79: municipiorum, id. Phil. 2, 23, 57.

lustrātor, ōris, m. [lustro].

  1. I. A purifier, cleanser: Gallus sacerdos ac lustrator, Schol. Juv. 6, 542.
  2. II. A wanderer through a place, a traverser: Hercules lustrator orbis, App. Mag. p. 288, 25.