natator

natator

See also: Natator

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin natator.

Noun

natator (plural natators)

  1. swimmer

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Verb

natātor

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

Etymology 2

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *(s)néh₂ti
Proto-Italic *(s)nāō
Latin nō
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin -tō
Latin natō
Proto-Indo-European *-tōr
Proto-Italic *-tōr
Latin -tor
Latin natātor

    From natō (“to swim”) + -tor.

    Noun

    natātor m (genitive natātōris); third declension

    1. swimmer
    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative natātor natātōrēs
    genitive natātōris natātōrum
    dative natātōrī natātōribus
    accusative natātōrem natātōrēs
    ablative natātōre natātōribus
    vocative natātor natātōrēs
    Descendants
    • Portuguese: nadador
    • Spanish: nadador

    References

    • “natator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “natator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “natator”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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