LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

prōcūrātor

prōcūrātor m (genitive prōcūrātōris)
Classical[proː.kuːˈraː.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[pro.kuˈraː.tor]

Meaning

  1. manager, overseer, superintendent
  2. procurator (office)
  3. agent, deputy
  4. tax collector (during the imperial eras)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeprōcūrātor
prōcūrātrīx		prōcūrātōrēs
prōcūrātrīcēs
genitiveprōcūrātōris
prōcūrātrīcis		prōcūrātōrum
prōcūrātrīcum
dativeprōcūrātōrī
prōcūrātrīcī		prōcūrātōribus
prōcūrātrīcibus
accusativeprōcūrātōrem
prōcūrātrīcem		prōcūrātōrēs
prōcūrātrīcēs
ablativeprōcūrātōre
prōcūrātrīce		prōcūrātōribus
prōcūrātrīcibus
vocativeprōcūrātor
prōcūrātrīx		prōcūrātōrēs
prōcūrātrīcēs

prōcūrātor (the first
I. o short, Ov. A. A. 1, 587), ōris, m. procuro, a manager, overseer, superintendent, agent, administrator, deputy, procurator, keeper.
I. In gen. (class.): procurator peni, Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 14: procurator, alieni juris vicarius, Cic. Caecin. 20, 57: agere aliquid per procuratorem, id. Att. 4, 16, 9 (15): regni, a viceroy, Caes. B. C. 3, 112: curatori aquarum procuratorem subicit, Front. Aquaed. 105: aviarii, Varr. R. R. 3, 6: procurator nimium procurat, Ov. A. A. 1, 587: esse procuratorem in rem alicujus, Dig. 3, 3, 29: procuratorem facere, ib. 4, 4, 24.—
II. In partic.
A. A manager of an estate, a steward, bailiff (class.; cf. villicus), Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 249: procurator rationes accipiebat, Petr. 30; Paul. Sent. 1, 2, 3; Vulg. Matt. 20, 8.—
B. In the time of the emperors, one who had charge of the imperial revenues, an imperial collector, Tac. A. 12, 60; Suet. Claud. 12; id. Calig. 47; id. Vesp. 16; Plin. Pan. 36, 3.—Esp., in a province: Judeae, Tac. A. 15, 44: Asiae, id. ib. 4, 15: Aegypti, Suet. Ner. 35: Galliae, id. Galb. 12; or in a city: urbis, id. Caes. 79: ludi, Tac. A. 11, 35.—
C. An agent or attorney to conduct an action at law, Just. Inst. 1, 6, 5; Gai. Inst. 4, 82; 84.

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. Latinprōcūrātor

Proto-Indo-European *kʷey- Proto-Indo-European *kʷeys-der. Proto-Italic *kʷoizā Latin cūra 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 cūrō Latin prōcūrō Latin tor Latin prōcūrātor From prōcūrō (“to manage, administer”) + tor.

Descendants
  • Catalanprocuradorfrom Old Catalan procurador
  • GermanProkuratur
  • Italianprocuratore
  • Frenchprocurateurfrom Old French procurator
  • Englishprocuratorfrom Old French procurator
  • Englishproctorfrom Old French procurator
  • Portugueseprocurador
  • Romanianprocurator
  • Spanishprocuradorfrom Old Spanish procurador
  • Hungarianprokurátor

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesProcuratorProcurator The term procurator signifies agent, and is used to denote the transaction of agency of almost any description. It was applied chiefly to t…

Quick answers

What does prōcūrātor mean in Latin?
prōcūrātor, a noun, means “manager, overseer, superintendent; procurator (office); agent, deputy”.
What is the genitive of prōcūrātor?
The genitive singular is prōcūrātōris. prōcūrātor is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce prōcūrātor?
In classical Latin, [proː.kuːˈraː.tɔr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [pro.kuˈraː.tor].
Where does prōcūrātor 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 prōcūrātor.