LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

lātor

lātor m (genitive lātōris)

Meaning

  1. Someone who proposes a law, proposer, carrier.
    […] denique ipsum latorem Semproniae legis iniussu populi poenas rei publicae dependisse[…] and moreover that the very proposer of the Sempronian law suffered punishment by the command of the people.63 B.C.E., Cicero, In Catilinam, 4.5.10

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativelātorlātōrēs
genitivelātōrislātōrum
dativelātōrīlātōribus
accusativelātōremlātōrēs
ablativelātōrelātōribus
vocativelātorlātōrēs

lātor, ōris, m. latum, v. fero,
I. a bearer, i. e. a mover or proposer of a law (class.): lator legis Semproniae, Cic. Cat. 4, 5, 10: legis, id. N. D. 3, 38, 90; Quint. 12, 10, 5; 3, 2, 4; cf.: legis ambitus, Cic. Mur. 2; Quint. 3, 7, 18: rogationis, Liv. 3, 9: latorum audacia, of the proposers of laws, *Caes. B. C. 1, 5.

Origins

From the radical of the supine of ferō, lātum + -tor.

Descendants
  • Italianlatore

Quick answers

What does lātor mean in Latin?
lātor, a noun, means “Someone who proposes a law, proposer, carrier.”.
What is the genitive of lātor?
The genitive singular is lātōris. lātor is masculine, third declension.