litterator

See also: litteratör

Latin

Etymology

From littera + -tor.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /lit.teˈraː.tor/, [lʲɪt̪ːɛˈräːt̪ɔr]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /lit.teˈra.tor/, [lit̪ːeˈräːt̪or]

Noun

litterātor m (genitive litterātōris); third declension

  1. teacher of reading, writing and grammar (especially at a ludus litterarius, an elementary level school for the young plebeian children)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative litterātor litterātōrēs
Genitive litterātōris litterātōrum
Dative litterātōrī litterātōribus
Accusative litterātōrem litterātōrēs
Ablative litterātōre litterātōribus
Vocative litterātor litterātōrēs

Descendants

  • French: littérateur
  • Russian: литератор (literator)

References

  • litterator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • litterator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • litterator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • litterator in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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