litterator

See also: litteratör

Latin

Etymology

From littera +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /lit.teˈraː.tor/, [lʲɪt̪ːɛˈräːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /lit.teˈra.tor/, [lit̪ːeˈräːt̪or]

Noun

litterātor m (genitive litterātōris); third declension

1. teacher of reading, writing and grammar (especially at a ludus litterarius, an elementary level school for the young plebeian children)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	litterātor	litterātōrēs
genitive	litterātōris	litterātōrum
dative	litterātōrī	litterātōribus
accusative	litterātōrem	litterātōrēs
ablative	litterātōre	litterātōribus
vocative	litterātor	litterātōrēs

Descendants

• French: littérateur
  • English: litterateur
  • Romanian: literator
• Russian: литератор (literator)

References

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