LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

malleātor

malleātor m (genitive malleātōris)
Classical[mal.leˈaː.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[mal.leˈaː.tor]

Meaning

  1. hammerer

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativemalleātormalleātōrēs
genitivemalleātōrismalleātōrum
dativemalleātōrīmalleātōribus
accusativemalleātōremmalleātōrēs
ablativemalleātōremalleātōribus
vocativemalleātormalleātōrēs

mallĕātor, ōris, m. malleo, -āre, obs.; v. malleus,
I. a hammerer, hammer-man: balucis, Mart. 12, 57, 9: malleatores monetae Caesaris, Inscr. Orell. 3229; Vulg. Gen. 4, 22.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*melh₂-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*mer-?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*merh₂-?
  4. Latinmalleātor

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 malleō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin malleātor From malleō (“to hammer”) + -tor.

Quick answers

What does malleātor mean in Latin?
malleātor, a noun, means “hammerer”.
What is the genitive of malleātor?
The genitive singular is malleātōris. malleātor is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce malleātor?
In classical Latin, [mal.leˈaː.tɔr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [mal.leˈaː.tor].
Where does malleātor come from?
Proto-Indo-European *melh₂-? → Proto-Indo-European *mer-? → Proto-Indo-European *merh₂-? → Latin malleātor.