LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

fōrmātor

fōrmātor m (genitive fōrmātōris, feminine fōrmātrīx)
Classical[foːrˈmaː.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[forˈmaː.tor]

Meaning

  1. former (one who forms)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativefōrmātorfōrmātōrēs
fōrmātrīcēs
genitivefōrmātōris
fōrmātrīcis		fōrmātōrum
fōrmātrīcum
dativefōrmātōrī
fōrmātrīcī		fōrmātōribus
fōrmātrīcibus
accusativefōrmātōrem
fōrmātrīcem		fōrmātōrēs
fōrmātrīcēs
ablativefōrmātōre
fōrmātrīce		fōrmātōribus
fōrmātrīcibus
vocativefōrmātorfōrmātōrēs
fōrmātrīcēs

formātor, ōris, m. id.,
I. a former, fashioner (post-Aug.).
I. Lit.: universi, Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 8; Vulg. Isa. 44, 8; 24. —Plur.: imperii, Amm. 18, 6.—
II. Trop.: praeceptor rector est alienorum ingeniorum ac formator, Quint. 10, 2, 20; so, animi (with praeceptor virtutis), Col. 1 praef. § 4: morum (with magister), Plin. Ep. 8, 23, 2: agricolae, Pall. 1, 1.

Origins

From fōrmō + -tor.

Quick answers

What does fōrmātor mean in Latin?
fōrmātor, a noun, means “former (one who forms)”.
What is the genitive of fōrmātor?
The genitive singular is fōrmātōris. fōrmātor is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce fōrmātor?
In classical Latin, [foːrˈmaː.tɔr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [forˈmaː.tor].