noun · masculinethird declension
salūtātor
salūtātor m (genitive salūtātōris, feminine salūtātrīx)
Classical[sa.ɫuːˈtaː.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[sa.luˈtaː.tor]
Meaning
- one who greets; a greeter, saluter
Ita inquit prōrsus: “Cōlant tamquam clientēs, tamquam salūtātōrēs!”
So [this] he says plainly: “[Slaves] should pay respect as if [they are] clients, as if morning-greeters!” (In other words, critics will claim that Seneca advocates treating slaves as if they were already freedmen, who became clientes of their former master, the patronus. See: salutatio, a formal morning ritual where clients would visit their patron to pay respects and receive patronage.)c. 4 BCE – 65 CE, Seneca Minor, Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium 47.18
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | salūtātor | salūtātōrēs |
| genitive | salūtātōris | salūtātōrum |
| dative | salūtātōrī | salūtātōribus |
| accusative | salūtātōrem | salūtātōrēs |
| ablative | salūtātōre | salūtātōribus |
| vocative | salūtātor | salūtātōrēs |
sălūtātor, ōris, m. id.,
I. one who greets; a greeter, saluter.
I. In gen.:
salutator regum, Stat. S. 2, 4, 29.—II. In partic. (cf. salutatio, II.), one who makes complimentary visits, who pays his respects to another, a visitor; also (in the time of the emperors), one who appears at court, a courtier, Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 9, 34; Col. praef. § 9; Mart. 1, 71, 18; 10, 74, 2; Suet. Claud. 35; Juv. 5, 15.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
salūtātor ōris, m
saluto, a saluter, one who makes complimentary visits , Iu.
Origins
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 salutō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin salūtātor From salutō (“greet”) + -tor.
Descendants
- Spanishsaludador