procantator
Latin
Etymology
Etymology tree
From prō- + cantō (“enchant, call forth by charms”) + -tor.
Noun
prōcantātor m (genitive prōcantātōris); third declension
- (Late Latin) magician, enchanter
- c. 3rd century CE, Didascalia Apostolorum; republished as Didascalia Apostolorum: the Syriac Version Translated and Accompanied by the Verona Latin Fragments, 2009, page 71:
- fecit sibi pitones et procantatores et praescios
- he made for himself soothsayers and enchanters and diviners
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | prōcantātor | prōcantātōrēs |
| genitive | prōcantātōris | prōcantātōrum |
| dative | prōcantātōrī | prōcantātōribus |
| accusative | prōcantātōrem | prōcantātōrēs |
| ablative | prōcantātōre | prōcantātōribus |
| vocative | prōcantātor | prōcantātōrēs |
References
- Souter, Alexander (1949), “procantator”, in A Glossary of Later Latin to 600 A.D.[1], 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, published 1957, page 323