lignator

Latin

Etymology

From lignor (“to collect firewood”) +‎ -tor (“-er”), from lignum (“firewood”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /liɡˈnaː.tor/, [lʲɪŋˈnäːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /liɲˈɲa.tor/, [liɲˈɲäːt̪or]

Noun

lignātor m (genitive lignātōris); third declension

1. A woodcutter, lumberjack, somebody who is sent to collect wood or firewood.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	lignātor	lignātōrēs
genitive	lignātōris	lignātōrum
dative	lignātōrī	lignātōribus
accusative	lignātōrem	lignātōrēs
ablative	lignātōre	lignātōribus
vocative	lignātor	lignātōrēs

Related terms

• lignārius
• lignātiō
• ligneolus
• ligneus
• lignor
• lignum

 

Descendants

• Galician: leñador
• Portuguese: lenhador
• Spanish: leñador

References

• “lignator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “lignator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lignator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• lignator in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016