noun · masculinethird declension
salvātor
salvātor m (genitive salvātōris, feminine salvātrīx)
Classical[saɫˈwaː.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[salˈvaː.tor]
Meaning
- saviour
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | salvātor | salvātōrēs |
| genitive | salvātōris | salvātōrum |
| dative | salvātōrī | salvātōribus |
| accusative | salvātōrem | salvātōrēs |
| ablative | salvātōre | salvātōribus |
| vocative | salvātor | salvātōrēs |
salvātor, ōris, m. id..
I. In gen., a saviour, preserver (late Lat.;
class. servator): Cicero Soterem salvatorem noluit nominare, Mart. Cap. 5, § 510; Vulg. Isa. 17, 10: IOVI SALVATORI, Inscr. Grut. 19.—II. In partic., in the Vulg. and Christian fathers, as a transl. of σωτήρ and Jesus (Heb. ), the Saviour, Redeemer:
Christus Jesus, id est Christus Salvator: hoc est enim Latine Jesus ... Salus Latinum nomen est: salvare et salvator non fuerunt haec Latina, antequam veniret Salvator, etc., Aug. Serm. 299, 6; cf. id. Trin. 13, 10 fin.; Tert. adv. Marc. 3, 18; Lact. 4, 12, 6; Prud. στεφ. 1, 115; Vulg. Luc. 2, 11; Sedul. 2, 155 et saep.Origins
Proto-Indo-European *solh₂-der. Proto-Italic *salawos Latin salvus 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 salvō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin salvātor From salvō + -tor. Compare Paelignian salauatur (“(a type of) official”).
Descendants
- Catalansalvador
- Italiansalvatore
- Frenchsauveurfrom Old French sauveor
- Englishsaviorfrom Old French sauveor
- Englishsaviourfrom Old French sauveor
- EnglishSaviorfrom Old French sauveor
- EnglishSaviourfrom Old French sauveor
- Portuguesesalvadorfrom Old Galician-Portuguese salvador
- Occitansalvadorfrom Old Occitan salvador
- Spanishsalvadorfrom Old Spanish salbatore
In English words that came into English from salvātor
- saviorsalvātor