allator

Latin

Etymology

From allātus +‎ -tor

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /alˈlaː.tor/, [älˈlʲäːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /alˈla.tor/, [älˈläːt̪or]

Noun

allātor m (genitive allātōris, feminine allātrīx); third declension

1. male carrier, bringer; he who carries forth, brings forth
   • 1864, Chrysologus Petrus, Sancti Petri Chrysologi Archiepiscopi Ravennatis Opera Omnia‎^[1], Garnier Fratres, page 531:

     Abraham vlso peregrino, dominum se esse Descivit, ipse allator prandii

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1553, Julius Firmicus Maternus, Nicolaus Prugner, Iulii Firmici Materni Iunioris Siculi u.c. Ad Mauortium Lollianum Astronomicὦn Lib. VIII.‎^[2], Officina Ioannis Heruagii, page 61:

     erit navigator & natator, aquarum allator,

     he will be a navigator, a swimmer, and a bringer of water

2. male reporter, conveyor; he who reports, conveys
3. male offeror, deliverer, giver; he who offers, delivers, gives

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	allātor	allātōrēs
genitive	allātōris	allātōrum
dative	allātōrī	allātōribus
accusative	allātōrem	allātōrēs
ablative	allātōre	allātōribus
vocative	allātor	allātōrēs

Related terms

• auferō
• allātrīx
• circumferō
• cōnferō
• dēferō
• differō
• efferō
• ferō
• afferēns
• affertor
• allātus
• īnferō
• interferō
• intrōferō
• offerō
• perferō
• postferō
• praeferō
• praeterferor
• prōferō
• referō
• sufferō
• trānsferō

References

• 1695, Nicola Neri, Dictionarii Grammaticalis Opus Suis Numeris Expletum‎^[3], Haeredes Corbelletti, page 15: