LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

explānātor

explānātor m (genitive explānātōris)
Classical[ɛk.spɫaːˈnaː.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[ek.splaˈnaː.tor]

Meaning

  1. explainer, interpreter

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeexplānātorexplānātōrēs
genitiveexplānātōrisexplānātōrum
dativeexplānātōrīexplānātōribus
accusativeexplānātōremexplānātōrēs
ablativeexplānātōreexplānātōribus
vocativeexplānātorexplānātōrēs

explānātor, ōris, m. id.,
I. an explainer, interpreter: sunt enim explanatores, ut grammatici poëtarum, Cic. Div. 1, 51, 116: explanator aut interpres ejus legis, Lact. (Cic. ap. Lact.?) 6, 8.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinexplānātor

Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂-? Proto-Indo-European *pel-? Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂nós Proto-Italic *plānos Latin plānus 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 explānō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin explānātor From explānō (“to explain”) + -tor.

Quick answers

What does explānātor mean in Latin?
explānātor, a noun, means “explainer, interpreter”.
What is the genitive of explānātor?
The genitive singular is explānātōris. explānātor is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce explānātor?
In classical Latin, [ɛk.spɫaːˈnaː.tɔr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ek.splaˈnaː.tor].
Where does explānātor come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ → Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs → Proto-Italic *eks → Latin explānātor.