LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

dispēnsātor

dispēnsātor m (genitive dispēnsātōris, feminine dispēnsātrīx)

Meaning

  1. steward, attendant
  2. treasurer
  3. dispenser

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativedispēnsātordispēnsātōrēs
genitivedispēnsātōrisdispēnsātōrum
dativedispēnsātōrīdispēnsātōribus
accusativedispēnsātōremdispēnsātōrēs
ablativedispēnsātōredispēnsātōribus
vocativedispēnsātordispēnsātōrēs

dispensātor, ōris, m. id.,
I. a household superintendent, a manager, steward; as manager of the imperial treasury, a cashier, treasurer, διοικητής; usually the most trustworthy slaves, but under the emperors sometimes ingenui (v. Orell. on his Inscr. 4002): ab aere pendendo dispensator, Varr. L. L. 5, § 183 Müll.; Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 43; and Paul. ex Fest. p. 72, 9 Müll.: dispensator litteras scit, Cic. Rep. 5, 3, 5 (cf. Krebs, Antibar. p. 371); so id. Fragm. ap. Non. 193, 10; Juv. 1, 91; Suet. Aug. 67; Mart. 5, 42, 5; Plin. 7, 39, 40, § 129; Inscr. Orell. 790; 895; 2914 sq.; Vulg. Gen. 43, 16 al.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Latindispēnsātor

Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- Proto-Indo-European *(s)péndeti Proto-Italic *pendō Latin pendō Latin pēnsō Latin dispēnsō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin dispēnsātor From dispēnsō + -tor.

Descendants
  • Catalandispensador
  • Frenchdispensateur
  • Italiandispensatore
  • Portuguesedispensador
  • Romaniandispensator
  • Spanishdispensador
  • Galiciandispensador

In English words that came into English from dispēnsātor

  • dispenserdispēnsātor
  • dispensatordispēnsātor

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesDispensatorDispensator a steward in the urbana familia, who had the charge of the accounts and made the payments. (Cic. Att. 11.1; Cic. ap. Non. p. 193; Fest. p.…

Quick answers

What does dispēnsātor mean in Latin?
dispēnsātor, a noun, means “steward, attendant; treasurer; dispenser”.
What is the genitive of dispēnsātor?
The genitive singular is dispēnsātōris. dispēnsātor is masculine, third declension.
Where does dispēnsātor come from?
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ → Latin dispēnsātor.