LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

piscātor

piscātor m (genitive piscātōris, feminine piscātrīx)
Classical[pɪsˈkaː.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[pisˈkaː.tor]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. fisher, fisherman

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

quī piscēs capit; rēte in aquam mittit.
piscātor -ōris m — in Mille Verba, Mare et Nāvēs

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativepiscātorpiscātōrēs
genitivepiscātōrispiscātōrum
dativepiscātōrīpiscātōribus
accusativepiscātōrempiscātōrēs
ablativepiscātōrepiscātōribus
vocativepiscātorpiscātōrēs

piscātor, ōris, m. id.,
I. a fisherman, fisher, Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 48; 55: lanii, coqui, fartores, piscatores, Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 26: piscatores ad se convocat, Cic. Off. 3, 14, 58; Juv. 4, 26; Sen. Ep. 55, 6: piscatoris instrumentum, Paul. Sent. 3, 6, 66: PISCATORES PROPOLAE, Inscr. Fabr. p. 731, n. 450: PATRONVS CORPORIS PISCATORVM, Inscr. Orell. 4115.—Fig.: piscatores hominum, Vulg. Matt. 4, 19.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*péysks
  2. Proto-Italic*piskis
  3. Latinpiscātor

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 -or Latin piscor Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin piscātor From piscor + -tor.

Old Occitan
  • Occitanpescador
  • Occitanpeschador
  • Catalanpescadorfrom Old Catalan pescador
Elsewhere
  • Frenchpêcheurfrom Old French pescheor
  • Portuguesepescadorfrom Old Galician-Portuguese pescador
  • Englishpiscator
  • Corsicanpiscatore
  • Corsicanpescatore
  • Corsicanpescadore
  • Dalmatianpeskatáur
  • Emilianpscadåur
  • Franco-Provençalpêchior
  • Friulianpescjadôr
Old Spanish
  • Spanishpescador
  • Romanianpescadorfrom Spanish pescador
  • Ladinopeskador
  • Chavacanopeskadorfrom Spanish pescador
Old Italian
  • Italianpescatore
  • Piedmontesepëscadurfrom Italian pescatore

In English words that came into English from piscātor

  • piscatorypiscātor
  • piscatorialpiscātor
  • piscatorpiscātor

Quick answers

What does piscātor mean in Latin?
piscātor, a noun, means “fisher, fisherman”.
What is the genitive of piscātor?
The genitive singular is piscātōris. piscātor is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce piscātor?
In classical Latin, [pɪsˈkaː.tɔr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [pisˈkaː.tor].
Where does piscātor come from?
Proto-Indo-European *péysks → Proto-Italic *piskis → Latin piscātor.
Which English words come from piscātor?
English words that go back to Latin piscātor include piscatory, piscatorial and piscator.