noun · masculinethird declension
moderātor
moderātor m (genitive moderātōris, feminine moderātrīx)
Classical[mɔ.dɛˈraː.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[mo.deˈraː.tor]
Meaning
- manager, ruler, governor, director
- moderator
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | moderātor | moderātōrēs |
| genitive | moderātōris | moderātōrum |
| dative | moderātōrī | moderātōribus |
| accusative | moderātōrem | moderātōrēs |
| ablative | moderātōre | moderātōribus |
| vocative | moderātor | moderātōrēs |
mŏdĕrātor, ōris, m. id.,
I. a manager, ruler, governor, director.
I. Lit. (class.):
rector et moderator tanti operis, Cic. N. D. 2, 35, 90: dierum, id. Tusc. 1, 28, 70: equorum, Ov. M. 4, 245: arundinis, an angler, id. ib. 8, 856: pectinis unci, a wool-comber, Claud. ap. Eutr. 2, 381: juventae, a tutor, Mart. 2, 90, 1: vitae, Nazar. Pan. ad Const. 15.—II. He who moderates:
nec moderator adest, i. e. who could moderate, put a limit to the evil, Ov. M. 7, 561; Tac. A. 1, 49.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
moderātor ōris, m
moderor, a manager, ruler, governor, director : tanti operis et muneris: neque legatus moderator adfuit, Ta.: equorum, O.: harundinis, an angler , O.: Nec moderator adest, i. e. one to limit the evil , O.
Origins
Latin *-osder.? Latin moderor Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin moderātor From moderor + -tor.