LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

compīlātor

compīlātor m (genitive compīlātōris)
Classical[kɔm.piːˈɫaː.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[kom.piˈlaː.tor]

Meaning

  1. A compiler, one which heaps (up) or compiles.
  2. A plunderer, pillager.

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecompīlātorcompīlātōrēs
genitivecompīlātōriscompīlātōrum
dativecompīlātōrīcompīlātōribus
accusativecompīlātōremcompīlātōrēs
ablativecompīlātōrecompīlātōribus
vocativecompīlātorcompīlātōrēs

compīlātor, ōris, m. id.,
I. a plunderer: veterum, an epithet of Virgil (on account of his imitation of Homer, Ennius, etc.), acc. to Hier. praef. Hebr. Quaest. in Genes., and Isid. Orig. 10, 44.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincompīlātor

Latin pīlō Latin compīlō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin compīlātor From compīlō + -tor.

Descendants
  • Catalancompilador
  • Frenchcompilateur
  • Italiancompilatore
  • Portuguesecompilador
  • Romaniancompilator
  • Spanishcompilador
  • Galiciancompilador
  • Russianкомпиля́тор

In English words that came into English from compīlātor

  • compilercompīlātōrem

Quick answers

What does compīlātor mean in Latin?
compīlātor, a noun, means “A compiler, one which heaps (up) or compiles.; A plunderer, pillager.”.
What is the genitive of compīlātor?
The genitive singular is compīlātōris. compīlātor is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce compīlātor?
In classical Latin, [kɔm.piːˈɫaː.tɔr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [kom.piˈlaː.tor].
Where does compīlātor come from?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? → Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm → Proto-Italic *kom → Proto-Italic *kom- → Latin compīlātor.