LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

negōtiātor

negōtiātor m (genitive negōtiātōris)
Classical[nɛ.ɡoː.tiˈaː.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[ne.ɡot.t͡siˈaː.tor]

Meaning

  1. merchant, businessman, dealer, trader, wholesaler
  2. banker

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativenegōtiātornegōtiātōrēs
genitivenegōtiātōrisnegōtiātōrum
dativenegōtiātōrīnegōtiātōribus
accusativenegōtiātōremnegōtiātōrēs
ablativenegōtiātōrenegōtiātōribus
vocativenegōtiātornegōtiātōrēs

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

negotiatores (Verr. 2. 69. 168)
business-men.

nĕgōtĭātor (nĕgōc-), ōris, m. id.,
I. one who does business by wholesale, a wholesale dealer, a banker, a factor (cf.: institor, mercator): improbus negotiator, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 2, § 7: mercator an negotiator, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 77, § 188; id. Planc. 26, 64.—
II. In gen.
A. A trader, tradesman (post-Aug.): trucidati negotiatores, Vell. 2, 110, 6: mercis sordidae, Quint. 1, 12, 17: mancipiorum, id. 5, 12, 17; cf. Suet. Ner. 32: vestiarius, Dig. 38, 1, 45: frumentarius, ib. 50, 5, 9; Vulg. Gen. 37, 28.—
2. NEGOTIATOR, an appellation of Mercury as the god of tradesmen, Inscr. Grut. 55, 1.—
B. A factor, agent, intrusted with the management of a business, Labeo ap. Dig. 32, 65 prooem.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*nékʷe
  3. Proto-Italic*nekʷe
  4. Latinnegōtiātor

Latin nec Latin ōtium Latin negōtium 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 negōtior Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin negōtiātor From negōtior (“do business”) + -tor.

Descendants
  • Catalannegociador
  • Englishnegotiator
  • Frenchnégociateur
  • Romaniannegociatorfrom French négociateur
  • Italiannegoziatore
  • Portuguesenegociador
  • Romanianneguțător
  • Romaniannegustorfrom Romanian neguțător
  • Spanishnegociador
  • Galiciannegociador

In English words that came into English from negōtiātor

  • negotiatornegōtiātor

Quick answers

What does negōtiātor mean in Latin?
negōtiātor, a noun, means “merchant, businessman, dealer, trader, wholesaler; banker”.
What is the genitive of negōtiātor?
The genitive singular is negōtiātōris. negōtiātor is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce negōtiātor?
In classical Latin, [nɛ.ɡoː.tiˈaː.tɔr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ne.ɡot.t͡siˈaː.tor].
Where does negōtiātor come from?
Proto-Indo-European *né → Proto-Indo-European *nékʷe → Proto-Italic *nekʷe → Latin negōtiātor.