LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

aquātor

aquātor m (genitive aquātōris)
Classical[aˈkʷaː.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[aˈkʷaː.tor]

Meaning

  1. water carrier or bearer

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeaquātoraquātōrēs
genitiveaquātōrisaquātōrum
dativeaquātōrīaquātōribus
accusativeaquātōremaquātōrēs
ablativeaquātōreaquātōribus
vocativeaquātoraquātōrēs

ăquātor, ōris, m. aquor,
I. one that fetches water, a water-carrier, Caes. B. C. 1, 73; Liv. 41, 1.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ékʷeh₂
  2. Proto-Italic*akʷā
  3. Latinaquātor

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 aquor Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin aquātor From aquor + -tor.

Italo-Romance
  • Italianacquatore
Ibero-Romance
  • Spanishaguador
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friulianagadôr

Quick answers

What does aquātor mean in Latin?
aquātor, a noun, means “water carrier or bearer”.
What is the genitive of aquātor?
The genitive singular is aquātōris. aquātor is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce aquātor?
In classical Latin, [aˈkʷaː.tɔr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [aˈkʷaː.tor].
Where does aquātor come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂ → Proto-Italic *akʷā → Latin aquātor.