LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

certātor

certātor m (genitive certātōris)
Classical[kɛrˈtaː.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[t͡ʃerˈtaː.tor]

Meaning

  1. Late Latinrarea disputant

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecertātorcertātōrēs
genitivecertātōriscertātōrum
dativecertātōrīcertātōribus
accusativecertātōremcertātōrēs
ablativecertātōrecertātōribus
vocativecertātorcertātōrēs

certātor, ōris, m. id.,
I. a disputant (rare and post-class.), Gell. 12, 10, 3; App. Dogm. Plat. p. 2.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin certātor From certō (“fight, compete, dispute”) + -tor.

Quick answers

What does certātor mean in Latin?
certātor, a noun, means “a disputant”.
What is the genitive of certātor?
The genitive singular is certātōris. certātor is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce certātor?
In classical Latin, [kɛrˈtaː.tɔr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [t͡ʃerˈtaː.tor].