salisator
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From *salisō (“to jump”) + -tor.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /sa.liˈsaː.tor/, [s̠älʲɪˈs̠äːt̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sa.liˈsa.tor/, [säliˈs̬äːt̪or]
Noun
[edit]salisātor m (genitive salisātōris); third declension (hapax)
- a superstitious person who takes the twitching of body parts as omen
- c. 600 CE – 625 CE, Isidorus Hispalensis, Etymologiae 8.9.29:
- Salisātōrēs vocātī sunt, quia dum eīs membrōrum quaecumque partēs salierint, aliquid sibi exinde prosperum seu trīste sīgnificāre praedīcunt.
- Salisatores are called so because they immediately predict it to mean something either fortunate or unfortunate for themselves when any body part of theirs twitches.
- Salisātōrēs vocātī sunt, quia dum eīs membrōrum quaecumque partēs salierint, aliquid sibi exinde prosperum seu trīste sīgnificāre praedīcunt.
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | salisātor | salisātōrēs |
| genitive | salisātōris | salisātōrum |
| dative | salisātōrī | salisātōribus |
| accusative | salisātōrem | salisātōrēs |
| ablative | salisātōre | salisātōribus |
| vocative | salisātor | salisātōrēs |
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “salisator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- salisator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.