LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

computātrum

computātrum n (genitive computātrī)
Classical[kɔm.pʊˈtaː.trũː]Ecclesiastical[kom.puˈtaː.trum]

Meaning

  1. computer
    Quid vero per computatrum communicare possit, nisi vacuum mentis animique sui inane, hoc nemini patet.Truly, the bounds of what one may communicate by computer, save the vacuum of one's own empty mind and soul, is known to no one.2004, Orestes Carbonero, Ethici Characteres Hodierni., Latinitas Opus Fundatum in Civitate Vaticana:
    2014, Antti Ijäs, Investigatio linguae Finnicae https://areena.yle.fi/1-2225810, Nuntii Latini 23.4.2014There is so much material, that it is not possible to thoroughly investigate except with the help of computers.

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecomputātrumcomputātra
genitivecomputātrīcomputātrōrum
dativecomputātrōcomputātrīs
accusativecomputātrumcomputātra
ablativecomputātrōcomputātrīs
vocativecomputātrumcomputātra

Origins

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

Latin putus 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 putō Latin comput(ō) Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Italic *-trom Latin -trum Latin computātrum From comput(ō) (“to calculate, compute”) + -trum.

Quick answers

What does computātrum mean in Latin?
computātrum, a noun, means “computer”.
What is the genitive of computātrum?
The genitive singular is computātrī. computātrum is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce computātrum?
In classical Latin, [kɔm.pʊˈtaː.trũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [kom.puˈtaː.trum].
Where does computātrum come from?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? → Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm → Proto-Italic *kom → Proto-Italic *kom- → Latin computātrum.