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suffrāgātĭo (subf-), ōnis, f. [suffragor], a voting for one or in one’s favor, interest, favor, support, suffrage (class.): suffragationem, observantiam, et gratiam tollere, Cic. Planc. 18, 44; cf.: sublata sunt studia, exstinctae suffragationes, id. ib. 6, 15: in consule declarando multum etiam apud universum populum Romanum auctoritatis habet suffragatio militaris, id. Mur. 18, 38: urbana, id. ib. 19, 38; cf. Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 9, 2: justa, Liv. 10, 13, 13: nec potestas nec suffragatio horum valuit, id. 4, 44, 2; Suet. Claud. 11: materna, Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 24, 3: divina, Val. Max. 4, 7, 1: credula, id. 9, 15, ext. 2.
With gen.-obj.: suffragationem consulatus perdere, the recommendation to the consulship, Cic. Mil. 13, 34: consulatūs, Sall. J. 65, 5.

suffrāgātor (subf-), ōris, m. [suffragor],

  1. I. one who votes for another, a supporter, partisan, suffragator (class.): suffragatorum comparatio, Cic. Mur. 21, 44: historicis notior, suffragatoribus obscurior, id. ib. 7, 16: ex fucosis firmi suffragatores evadunt, Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 9, 35: meus in petendis honoribus, Plin. Ep. 4, 17, 6; id. Pan. 92, 3: competitoris sui suffragatorem agere, Val. Max. 4, 5, 3: candidati laborare desiimus: suffragatores incipimus, Sen. Brev. Vit. 17, 5.
    With gen.-obj.: quaesturae, for the office of quæstor, Sen. Ben. 7, 28, 2.
  2. II. Transf., in gen., a favorer, supporter: te et suffragatores tuos ulciscar, Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 20: propter studia suffragatorum, Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 18: cum suffragatore suo, Suet. Vesp. 23; Plin. Ep. 3, 20, 5; App. Dogm. Plat. 2, p. 16, 56.

* suffrāgātōrĭus, a, um, adj. [suffragor], of or belonging to the support of a candidate, recommendatory, suffragatory: non brevis et suffragatoria, sed firma et perpetua amicitia, Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 7, 26.

suffrāgātrix, īcis, f. [suffragator], a (female) favorer, supporter (late Lat.): nec adfuit (Minerva) suffragatricibus suis, Aug. Civ. Dei, 18, 9 fin.; 18, 10 fin.