Viator

See also: viator

English

Proper noun

Viator (plural Viators)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Viator is the 14042^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2145 individuals. Viator is most common among White (93.1%) individuals.

Latin

Etymology

From viātor (“traveller”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯iˈaː.tor/, [u̯iˈäːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /viˈa.tor/, [viˈäːt̪or]

Proper noun

Viātor m sg (genitive Viātōris); third declension

1. a cognomen famously held by:
   1. Calventius Viator, a Roman soldier

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Viātor
genitive	Viātōris
dative	Viātōrī
accusative	Viātōrem
ablative	Viātōre
vocative	Viātor

Descendants

• French: Viateur

References

• Viator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.