noun · masculinethird declension
lātrātor
lātrātor m (genitive lātrātōris, feminine lātrātrīx)
Classical[ɫaːˈtraː.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[laˈtraː.tor]
Meaning
- synonym of canis, a dog
- troublemaker, one who causes an uproar
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lātrātor | lātrātōrēs |
| genitive | lātrātōris | lātrātōrum |
| dative | lātrātōrī | lātrātōribus |
| accusative | lātrātōrem | lātrātōrēs |
| ablative | lātrātōre | lātrātōribus |
| vocative | lātrātor | lātrātōrēs |
lātrātor, ōris, m. id.,
I. a barker (perh. not ante-Aug.).
I. Lit., poet. for a dog:
Molossi, Mart. 12, 1: Anubis (who is represented with the head of a dog), Verg. A. 8, 698; Ov. M. 9, 690.—II. Transf., a bawler, brawler:
a viro bono in rabulam latratoremque converti, Quint. 12, 9, 12. Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
lātrātor ōris, m
1 latro, a barker, dog , V., O.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin lātrātor From lātrō (“to bark”) + -tor (“-er: forming agent nouns”).