noun · masculinethird declension
saltātor
saltātor m (genitive saltātōris, feminine saltātrīx)
Meaning
- dancer
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | saltātor | saltātōrēs |
| genitive | saltātōris | saltātōrum |
| dative | saltātōrī | saltātōribus |
| accusative | saltātōrem | saltātōrēs |
| ablative | saltātōre | saltātōribus |
| vocative | saltātor | saltātōrēs |
saltātor, ōris, m. salto,
I. a dancer (generally among the Romans with an accessory contemptuous signif.), Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150; id. Mur. 6, 13; id. Deiot. 10, 28; id. Fin. 3, 7, 24; Quint. 1, 12, 14; 11, 3, 89; Suet. Calig. 54; id. Ner. 6; Macr. S. 2, 10 al.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
saltātor ōris, m
salto, a dancer, posturer : saltatorem appellat alqm, stigmatizes as .
Origins
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 saltō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin saltātor From saltō + -tor.
In English words that came into English from saltātor
- saltatorsaltātor