LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

rēctitātor

rēctitātor m (genitive rēctitātōris)

Meaning

  1. leader, director

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativerēctitātorrēctitātōrēs
genitiverēctitātōrisrēctitātōrum
dativerēctitātōrīrēctitātōribus
accusativerēctitātōremrēctitātōrēs
ablativerēctitātōrerēctitātōribus
vocativerēctitātorrēctitātōrēs

rectĭtātor, ōris, m. rectito, v. rego,
I. a leader, director: ratis rectitator, Poët. ap. Mar. Vict. p. 2551 P.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₃reǵ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₃réǵeti
  3. Proto-Italic*regō
  4. Latinrēctitātor

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 -tō Latin -itō Latin -titō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin rēctitātor From regō (“manage, direct, govern”) + -titō + -tor (“-er”, suffix forming agent nouns).

Quick answers

What does rēctitātor mean in Latin?
rēctitātor, a noun, means “leader, director”.
What is the genitive of rēctitātor?
The genitive singular is rēctitātōris. rēctitātor is masculine, third declension.
Where does rēctitātor come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- → Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti → Proto-Italic *regō → Latin rēctitātor.