Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Laternarius
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich.
LATERNA'RIUS. The slave who carried a lantern before his master at night. (Cic. Pis. 9. Val. Max. vi. 8. 1.) In the army the soldiers likewise carried lanterns upon nocturnal expeditions. Veg. Mil. iv. 18.