calator

See also: călător

Latin

Alternative forms

• kalātor (Old Latin)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kaˈlaː.tor/, [käˈɫ̪äːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈla.tor/, [käˈläːt̪or]

Etymology 1

From calō +‎ -tor.

Noun

calātor m (genitive calātōris); third declension

1. (Old Latin) herald; crier
2. nomenclator for a candidate running for political office
3. personal attendant of a senior priest

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	calātor	calātōrēs
genitive	calātōris	calātōrum
dative	calātōrī	calātōribus
accusative	calātōrem	calātōrēs
ablative	calātōre	calātōribus
vocative	calātor	calātōrēs

Etymology 2

Verb

calātor

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

References

• “calator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• calator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “calator”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “calator”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin