LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

circulātor

circulātor m (genitive circulātōris, feminine circulātrix)
Classical[kɪr.kʊˈɫaː.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[t͡ʃir.kuˈlaː.tor]

Meaning

  1. itinerant peddler or performer
  2. mountebank, quack

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecirculātorcirculātōrēs
genitivecirculātōriscirculātōrum
dativecirculātōrīcirculātōribus
accusativecirculātōremcirculātōrēs
ablativecirculātōrecirculātōribus
vocativecirculātorcirculātōrēs

circŭlātor, ōris, m. id..
I. A pedler: auctionum, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 3.—
II. A mountebank, quack, Cels. 5, 27, 3; Petr 68, 6; Dig. 47, 11, 11; Sen. Ben. 6, 11, 2; App. M. 1, p. 103, 38.—Of noisy philosophers, Sen. Ep. 29, 5

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der. Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos)bor. Latin circus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin circulus 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 circulor Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin circulātor From circulor + -tor.

Quick answers

What does circulātor mean in Latin?
circulātor, a noun, means “itinerant peddler or performer; mountebank, quack”.
What is the genitive of circulātor?
The genitive singular is circulātōris. circulātor is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce circulātor?
In classical Latin, [kɪr.kʊˈɫaː.tɔr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [t͡ʃir.kuˈlaː.tor].