metator

Latin

Etymology

mētārī +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /meːˈtaː.tor/, [meːˈt̪äːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /meˈta.tor/, [meˈt̪äːt̪or]

Noun

mētātor m (genitive mētātōris); third declension

1. boundary marker
2. measurer

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	mētātor	mētātōrēs
genitive	mētātōris	mētātōrum
dative	mētātōrī	mētātōribus
accusative	mētātōrem	mētātōrēs
ablative	mētātōre	mētātōribus
vocative	mētātor	mētātōrēs

Verb

mētātor

1. second/third-person singular future active imperative of mētor

References

• “metator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “metator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• metator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.