LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

agitātor

agitātor m (genitive agitātōris)
Classical[a.ɡɪˈtaː.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[a.d͡ʒiˈtaː.tor]

Meaning

  1. driver of animals; drover
  2. charioteer

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

rēctor currūs in circō
agitātor -ōris (m) — in Epistulae, ch. 4

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeagitātoragitātōrēs
genitiveagitātōrisagitātōrum
dativeagitātōrīagitātōribus
accusativeagitātōremagitātōrēs
ablativeagitātōreagitātōribus
vocativeagitātoragitātōrēs

ăgĭtātor, ōris, m. id., pr.
I. he that puts a thing in motion; used exclusively of those who drive animals (asses, horses, etc.), a driver (cf. agaso): agitator aselli, poet. for a peasant, Verg. G. 1, 273: equorum Achillis, i. e. the charioteer, id. A. 2, 476: sustineat currum ut bonu' saepe agitator equosque, Lucil. p. 154 Müll.—Hence,
II. Esp., a charioteer, a combatant in the games of the circus, Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 50: ego ut agitator callidus, priusquam ad finem veniam, equos sustinebo, Cic. Ac. 2, 20; Suet. Calig. 55; so Inscr. Orell. 2593 sq.: agitatores consopiti sunt, Vulg. Nah. 2, 3.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éǵeti
  3. Proto-Italic*agō
  4. Latinagitātor

Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin -itō Latin agitō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin agitātor From agitō + -tor.

Descendants
  • Englishagitator
  • Frenchagitateur
  • Romanianagitatorfrom French agitateur
  • Italianagitatore
  • Portugueseagitador
  • Spanishagitador
  • Afrikaansagitatorfrom Dutch agitator
  • Indonesianagitatorfrom Dutch agitator
  • Finnishagitaattori
  • Turkishajitatörfrom French agitateur

Quick answers

What does agitātor mean in Latin?
agitātor, a noun, means “driver of animals; drover; charioteer”.
What is the genitive of agitātor?
The genitive singular is agitātōris. agitātor is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce agitātor?
In classical Latin, [a.ɡɪˈtaː.tɔr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [a.d͡ʒiˈtaː.tor].
Where does agitātor come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- → Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti → Proto-Italic *agō → Latin agitātor.