epitomist

noun

epitomist

noun

Etymology From epitome + -ist.

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Synonym of epitomizer, a writer of epitomes.

If his flock did any reading at all, they would be more likely to read the epitomists rather than the authors whom we consider first-rate such as Livy, Sallust or Tacitus.1972, W. Den Boer, Some Minor Roman Historians, page 5:

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