calator

calator

See also: călător

Latin

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

    From calō + -tor.

    Noun

    calātor m (genitive calātōris); third declension

    1. (Old Latin) herald; crier
    2. nomenclator for a candidate running for political office
    3. personal attendant of a senior priest
    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative calātor calātōrēs
    genitive calātōris calātōrum
    dative calātōrī calātōribus
    accusative calātōrem calātōrēs
    ablative calātōre calātōribus
    vocative calātor calātōrēs

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    calātor

    1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of calō

    References

    • calator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • calator”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • calator”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • calator”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin