LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

cādūceātor

cādūceātor m (genitive cādūceātōris)
Classical[kaː.duː.keˈaː.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[ka.du.t͡ʃeˈaː.tor]

Meaning

  1. a bearer of a caduceus, a herald, a messenger of truce

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecādūceātorcādūceātōrēs
genitivecādūceātōriscādūceātōrum
dativecādūceātōrīcādūceātōribus
accusativecādūceātōremcādūceātōrēs
ablativecādūceātōrecādūceātōribus
vocativecādūceātorcādūceātōrēs

cādūcĕātor, ōris, m. caduceum.
I. A herald, an officer sent with a flag of truce: caduceatores = legati pacem petentes. Cato caduceatori, inquit, nemo homo nocet, Paul. ex Fest. p. 47: bellantes ac dissidentes interpretum oratione sedantur, unde secundum Livium legati pacis caduceatores appellantur, Serv. ad Verg. A. 4, 242; Liv. 26, 17, 5; 31, 38, 9; 32, 32, 5; 37, 45, 4; 44, 46, 1; Curt. 3, 1, 6; 4, 2, 15 al.—
II. A servant to a priest, Arn. 5, p. 174.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin cādūceātor From cādūceum (“caduceus”) + -tor.

Quick answers

What does cādūceātor mean in Latin?
cādūceātor, a noun, means “a bearer of a caduceus, a herald, a messenger of truce”.
What is the genitive of cādūceātor?
The genitive singular is cādūceātōris. cādūceātor is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce cādūceātor?
In classical Latin, [kaː.duː.keˈaː.tɔr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ka.du.t͡ʃeˈaː.tor].