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noun · masculinethird declension

nōmenclātor

nōmenclātor m (genitive nōmenclātōris)
Classical[noː.mɛŋˈkɫaː.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[no.meŋˈklaː.tor]

Meaning

  1. a slave who acted as receptionist, keeping track of the names of clients arriving to see his master
  2. a slave who kept track of the names of the other slaves for his master
  3. Medieval Latina high-ranking court dignitary

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativenōmenclātornōmenclātōrēs
nōmenculātōrēs
genitivenōmenclātōris
nōmenculātōris		nōmenclātōrum
nōmenculātōrum
dativenōmenclātōrī
nōmenculātōrī		nōmenclātōribus
nōmenculātōribus
accusativenōmenclātōrem
nōmenculātōrem		nōmenclātōrēs
nōmenculātōrēs
ablativenōmenclātōre
nōmenculātōre		nōmenclātōribus
nōmenculātōribus
vocativenōmenclātornōmenclātōrēs
nōmenculātōrēs

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

nomina appellat (nomenclator)
the agent (nomenclator) mentions the names of constituents to the canvasser.

nōmenclātor (nōmencŭlātor, Mart. 10, 30, 23; Suet. Aug. 19; id. Calig. 41; id. Claud. 34), ōris, m. id.,
I. one who calls a person or thing by name, a nomenclator; among the Romans, a slave who attended his master in canvassing and on similar occasions, for the purpose of telling him the names of those he met in the street, Cic. Att. 4, 1, 5; id. Mur. 36, 37: nomenclatori memoriae loco audacia est, Sen. Ben. 1, 3, 10; id. Ep. 19, 11; id. Ben. 6, 33, 4.—Under the emperors, a slave who told his master the names of the other slaves: servorum causā nomenclator adhibendus, Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 26.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁nómn̥
  2. Proto-Italic*nōmn̥
  3. Latinnōmenclātor

Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- Proto-Italic *kalō Latin calō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin nōmenclātor From nōmen (“name”) + calō (“call together”) + -tor.

Descendants
  • Englishnomenclator

In English words that came into English from nōmenclātor

  • nomenclatornōmenclātor

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesNomenclatorNomenclator For the ordinary nomenclator, see AMBITUS Vol. 1. p. 100 a. There was also a nomenclator censorius to attend upon the censor (who had no l…

Quick answers

What does nōmenclātor mean in Latin?
nōmenclātor, a noun, means “a slave who acted as receptionist, keeping track of the names of clients arriving to see his master; a slave who kept track of the names of the other slaves for his master; a high-ranking court dignitary”.
What is the genitive of nōmenclātor?
The genitive singular is nōmenclātōris. nōmenclātor is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce nōmenclātor?
In classical Latin, [noː.mɛŋˈkɫaː.tɔr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [no.meŋˈklaː.tor].
Where does nōmenclātor come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ → Proto-Italic *nōmn̥ → Latin nōmenclātor.