LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

līberātor

līberātor m (genitive līberātōris, feminine līberātrīx)
Classical[liː.bɛˈraː.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[li.beˈraː.tor]

Meaning

  1. liberator, deliverer.
  2. historicala member of the conspirators who participated in the plotted assassination of Julius Caesar, led by Gaius Cassius Longinus and Marcus Junius Brutus

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativelīberātorlīberātōrēs
genitivelīberātōrislīberātōrum
dativelīberātōrīlīberātōribus
accusativelīberātōremlīberātōrēs
ablativelīberātōrelīberātōribus
vocativelīberātorlīberātōrēs

lībĕrātor, ōris, m. id.,
I. a freer, deliverer, liberator: patriae liberatores, Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 6: urbis, Liv. 1, 60: nostri liberatores, Cic. Att. 14, 12, 2: liberator suus, Liv. 6, 14: scortorum, * Plaut. Pers. 3, 3, 14.— In apposition: liberator populus, Liv. 35, 18 fin.—So as an epithet of Jupiter (like Ζευς ἐλευθέριος): libare se liquorem illum Jovi liberatori, Tac. A. 15, 64; 16, 35.—So in eccl. Lat. freq. of God: refugium meum ac liberator meus, Vulg. Psa. 17, 3.—
II. Transf.: liberator ille populi Romani animus, Liv. 1, 56.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁lewdʰ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁léwdʰeros
  3. Proto-Italic*louðeros
  4. Old Latinloeber
  5. Latinlīberātor

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 līberō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin līberātor From līberō + -tor.

Borrowed
  • Englishliberator
  • Frenchlibérateur
  • Italianliberatore
  • Portugueseliberador
  • Romanianliberator
  • Spanishliberador
  • Sicilianlibbiraturi
Inherited
  • Frenchlivreur
  • Portugueselivrador
  • Spanishlibrador

In English words that came into English from līberātor

  • liberatorlīberātor

Quick answers

What does līberātor mean in Latin?
līberātor, a noun, means “liberator, deliverer.; a member of the conspirators who participated in the plotted assassination of Julius Caesar, led by Gaius Cassius Longinus and Marcus Junius Brutus”.
What is the genitive of līberātor?
The genitive singular is līberātōris. līberātor is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce līberātor?
In classical Latin, [liː.bɛˈraː.tɔr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [li.beˈraː.tor].
Where does līberātor come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- → Proto-Indo-European *h₁léwdʰeros → Proto-Italic *louðeros → Old Latin loeber → Latin līberātor.