computatrum

Latin

FWOTD – 12 November 2015

Etymology

From comput(ō) (“I calculate, I compute”) +‎ -trum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kom.puˈtaː.trum/, [kɔmpʊˈt̪äːt̪rʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kom.puˈta.trum/, [kompuˈt̪äːt̪rum]

Noun

computātrum n (genitive computātrī); second declension

1. (Contemporary Latin) computer

   Synonyms: ōrdinātrum, computātōrium

   • 2004, Orestes Carbonero, Ethici Characteres Hodierni., Latinitas Opus Fundatum in Civitate Vaticana:

     Quid vero per computatrum communicare possit, nisi vacuum mentis animique sui inane, hoc nemini patet.

     Truly, the bounds of what one may communicate by computer, save the vacuum of one's own empty mind and soul, is known to no one.

   • 2014, Antti Ijäs, Investigatio linguae Finnicae [1], Nuntii Latini 23.4.2014:

     Materia tam ampla est, ut non nisi auxilio computatrorum pertractari possit.

     There is so much material, that it is not possible to thoroughly investigate except with the help of computers.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	computātrum	computātra
genitive	computātrī	computātrōrum
dative	computātrō	computātrīs
accusative	computātrum	computātra
ablative	computātrō	computātrīs
vocative	computātrum	computātra

Derived terms

• computātrālis