LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

prōcantātor

prōcantātor m (genitive prōcantātōris)

Meaning

  1. Late Latinmagician, enchanter
    fecit sibi pitones et procantatores et praescioshe made for himself soothsayers and enchanters and divinersc. 3rd century CE, Didascalia Apostolorum; republished as Didascalia Apostolorum: the Syriac Version Translated and Accompanied by the Verona Latin Fragments, 2009, page 71:

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeprōcantātorprōcantātōrēs
genitiveprōcantātōrisprōcantātōrum
dativeprōcantātōrīprōcantātōribus
accusativeprōcantātōremprōcantātōrēs
ablativeprōcantātōreprōcantātōribus
vocativeprōcantātorprōcantātōrēs

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  4. Proto-Indo-European*pró
  5. Proto-Indo-European*pro-
  6. Proto-Italic*pro-
  7. Latinprōcantātor

Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n- Proto-Indo-European *kh₂néti Proto-Italic *kanō Latin canō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus 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 -tō Latin cantō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin prōcantātor From prō- + cantō (“enchant, call forth by charms”) + -tor.

Quick answers

What does prōcantātor mean in Latin?
prōcantātor, a noun, means “magician, enchanter”.
What is the genitive of prōcantātor?
The genitive singular is prōcantātōris. prōcantātor is masculine, third declension.
Where does prōcantātor come from?
Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? → Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? → Proto-Indo-European *pér → Proto-Indo-European *pró → Proto-Indo-European *pro- → Proto-Italic *pro- → Latin prōcantātor.