LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

nāvigātor

nāvigātor m (genitive nāvigātōris)

Meaning

  1. a sailor or mariner

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativenāvigātornāvigātōrēs
genitivenāvigātōrisnāvigātōrum
dativenāvigātōrīnāvigātōribus
accusativenāvigātōremnāvigātōrēs
ablativenāvigātōrenāvigātōribus
vocativenāvigātornāvigātōrēs

nāvĭgātor, ōris, m. id.,
I. a sailor, mariner, Quint. 5, 10, 27; Auct. Quint. Decl. 12, 23; Paul. Nol. ad Cyther. 397.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)neh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*néh₂us
  3. Proto-Italic[Term?]
  4. Latinnāvigātor

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 -ōder. Latin -igō Latin nāvigō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin nāvigātor From nāvigō (“sail, navigate”) + -tor (agent noun suffix).

Descendants
  • Frenchnavigateur
  • Italiannavigatore
  • Portuguesenavegador
  • Romaniannavigator
  • Spanishnavegador
  • Venetannavigadóre

In English words that came into English from nāvigātor

  • navigatornāvigātor

Quick answers

What does nāvigātor mean in Latin?
nāvigātor, a noun, means “a sailor or mariner”.
What is the genitive of nāvigātor?
The genitive singular is nāvigātōris. nāvigātor is masculine, third declension.
Where does nāvigātor come from?
Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₂- → Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us → Proto-Italic [Term?] → Latin nāvigātor.