venator

Latin

Etymology

From vēnor (“I hunt”) +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯eːˈnaː.tor/, [u̯eːˈnäːt̪ɔr]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /veˈna.tor/, [veˈnäːt̪or]

Noun

vēnātor m (genitive vēnātōris, feminine vēnātrīx); third declension

  1. hunter

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative vēnātor vēnātōrēs
Genitive vēnātōris vēnātōrum
Dative vēnātōrī vēnātōribus
Accusative vēnātōrem vēnātōrēs
Ablative vēnātōre vēnātōribus
Vocative vēnātor vēnātōrēs

Descendants
  • Old Francoprovençal: venaor
    • Franco-Provençal: venaor
  • Old French: veneor
    • French: veneur
    • Walloon: vineu'
  • Portuguese: veador
  • Romanian: vânător
  • Spanish: venador
  • Italian: venatore

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