medicator

English

Noun

medicator (plural medicators)

  1. Any medical appliance.

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /me.diˈkaː.tor/, [mɛd̪ɪˈkäːt̪ɔr]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /me.diˈka.tor/, [med̪iˈkäːt̪or]

Etymology 1

From medicō (“to heal, cure”) +‎ -tor (“-er”, agent noun suffix).

Noun

medicātor m (genitive medicātōris); third declension

  1. (Late Latin) physician
Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative medicātor medicātōrēs
Genitive medicātōris medicātōrum
Dative medicātōrī medicātōribus
Accusative medicātōrem medicātōrēs
Ablative medicātōre medicātōribus
Vocative medicātor medicātōrēs
Descendants
  • Italian: medicatore

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

medicātor

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

References
  • “medicator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • medicator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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