celator

Latin

Etymology

From cēlō +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /keːˈlaː.tor/, [keːˈɫ̪äːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃeˈla.tor/, [t͡ʃeˈläːt̪or]

Noun

cēlātor m (genitive cēlātōris); third declension

1. concealer, hider

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	cēlātor	cēlātōrēs
genitive	cēlātōris	cēlātōrum
dative	cēlātōrī	cēlātōribus
accusative	cēlātōrem	cēlātōrēs
ablative	cēlātōre	cēlātōribus
vocative	cēlātor	cēlātōrēs

Descendants

• Galician: celador
• Italian: celatore
• Old Occitan: celador
  • Occitan: celador
• Spanish: celador

Verb

cēlātor

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

References

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