aedificator

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ae̯.di.fiˈkaː.tor/, [äe̯d̪ɪfɪˈkäːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.di.fiˈka.tor/, [ed̪ifiˈkäːt̪or]

Etymology 1

aedificō (“to build”) +‎ -tor

Noun

aedificātor m (genitive aedificātōris); third declension

1. (generally) builder
2. (Classical Latin, figuratively) architect
3. (post-Classical) one who is fond of building

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	aedificātor	aedificātōrēs
genitive	aedificātōris	aedificātōrum
dative	aedificātōrī	aedificātōribus
accusative	aedificātōrem	aedificātōrēs
ablative	aedificātōre	aedificātōribus
vocative	aedificātor	aedificātōrēs

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

aedificātor

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

References

• “aedificator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “aedificator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• aedificator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• aedificator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) God is the Creator of the world: deus est mundi procreator (not creator), aedificator, fabricator, opifex rerum