noun · masculinethird declension
fābricātor
fābricātor m (genitive fābricātōris, feminine fābricātrīx)
Classical[faː.brɪˈkaː.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[fa.briˈkaː.tor]
Meaning
- builder, maker
- manufacturer
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | fābricātor | fābricātōrēs |
| genitive | fābricātōris | fābricātōrum |
| dative | fābricātōrī | fābricātōribus |
| accusative | fābricātōrem | fābricātōrēs |
| ablative | fābricātōre | fābricātōribus |
| vocative | fābricātor | fābricātōrēs |
fā^brĭcātor, ōris, m. id.,
I. an artificer, framer, forger, contriver, fabricator (rare but class.).
I. Lit.:
ille fabricator tanti operis (mundi), Cic. Univ. 2; so, mundi, Quint, 2, 16, 12; Ov. M. 1, 57: minutorum opusculorum, Cic. Ac. 2, 38, 120: ipse doli (i. e. equi lignei) fabricator Epeos, Verg. A. 2, 264: deorum, i. e. of statues of the gods, Firm. Math. 3, 6, 9.—II. Trop.:
dolor ac morbus leti fabricator uterque est, causer, producer, Lucr. 3, 472.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
fabricātor ōris, m
fabricor, an artificer, framer, contriver : operis: mundi, O.: opusculorum: doli Epeos, V.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin fābricātor From fabricor + -tor.