LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

dēclāmātor

dēclāmātor m (genitive dēclāmātōris)
Classical[deː.kɫaːˈmaː.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[de.klaˈmaː.tor]

Meaning

  1. one who speaks for show (contrasted with an orator); an elocutionist, declaimer

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativedēclāmātordēclāmātōrēs
genitivedēclāmātōrisdēclāmātōrum
dativedēclāmātōrīdēclāmātōribus
accusativedēclāmātōremdēclāmātōrēs
ablativedēclāmātōredēclāmātōribus
vocativedēclāmātordēclāmātōrēs

dēclāmātor, ōris, m. declamo,
I. one who practises set speaking, a rhetorician, declaimer (diff. from orator, a practical speaker, Quint. 10, 2, 21): non enim declamatorem aliquem de ludo aut rabulam de foro, sed doctissimum et perfectissimum quaerimus, Cic. Or. 15, 47; cf. id. Planc. 34, 83; Quint. 3, 8, 44; 51; 5, 13, 42; Juv. 16, 23 et saep.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindēclāmātor

Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-m- Proto-Indo-European *kl̥h₁m- Proto-Italic *klām-der. 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 clāmō Latin dēclāmō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin dēclāmātor From dēclāmō (“to practice speaking”) + -tor.

Descendants
  • Catalandeclamador
  • Englishdeclamator
  • Frenchdéclamateur
  • Italiandeclamatore
  • Occitandeclamator
  • Portuguesedeclamador
  • Spanishdeclamador
  • Galiciandeclamador

In English words that came into English from dēclāmātor

  • declamatordēclāmātor

Quick answers

What does dēclāmātor mean in Latin?
dēclāmātor, a noun, means “one who speaks for show (contrasted with an orator); an elocutionist, declaimer”.
What is the genitive of dēclāmātor?
The genitive singular is dēclāmātōris. dēclāmātor is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce dēclāmātor?
In classical Latin, [deː.kɫaːˈmaː.tɔr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [de.klaˈmaː.tor].
Where does dēclāmātor come from?
Proto-Indo-European *de → Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ → Proto-Italic *dē → Latin dēclāmātor.