Lewis & Short

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fā̆brĭcātor, ōris, m. [fabricor], an artificer, framer, forger, contriver, fabricator (rare but class.).

  1. I. Lit.: ille fabricator tanti operis (mundi), Cic. Univ. 2; so, mundi, Quint, 2, 16, 12; Ov. M. 1, 57: minutorum opusculorum, Cic. Ac. 2, 38, 120: ipse doli (i. e. equi lignei) fabricator Epeos, Verg. A. 2, 264: deorum, i. e. of statues of the gods, Firm. Math. 3, 6, 9.
  2. II. Trop.: dolor ac morbus leti fabricator uterque est, causer, producer, Lucr. 3, 472.