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S vs Lictor - What's the difference?

s | lictor |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun lictor is

an officer in ancient rome, attendant on a consul or magistrate, who bore the fasces and was responsible for punishing criminals.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=··· , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    lictor

    English

    Alternative forms

    * lictour (qualifier)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An officer in ancient Rome, attendant on a consul or magistrate, who bore the fasces and was responsible for punishing criminals.
  • :* 1985': ‘Beware the power of the mob, Caesar.’ Then, schooled in needful agility, he ran away before a '''lictor ’s whip could reach him. — Anthony Burgess, ''Kingdom of the Wicked