noun · masculinethird declension
senātor
senātor m (genitive senātōris, feminine senātrīx)
Classical[sɛˈnaː.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[seˈnaː.tor]
Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- senator (a member of the Roman Senate)
In agrīs erant tum senātōrēs — id est, senēs — siquidem arantī L. Quīnctiō Cincinnātō nūntiātum est eum Dictātōrem esse factum; […].
In those days, senators — that is to say, “elders” — lived in the countryside. Indeed, it was while he was plowing that Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus received the news that he had been appointed Dictator. (Note the etymology.)106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Cato Maior de Senectute 16.56
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
vir summī ōrdinis, quī in senātū sedet.senātor -ōris m — in Mille Verba, Urbs et Aedificia
senator
senātor -is — in Viri Romae Facillimi, ch. 25 and Viri Romae Facillimi, ch. 14, 20
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | senātor | senātōrēs |
| genitive | senātōris | senātōrum |
| dative | senātōrī | senātōribus |
| accusative | senātōrem | senātōrēs |
| ablative | senātōre | senātōribus |
| vocative | senātor | senātōrēs |
sĕnātor, ōris, m. senex,
I. a senator, a member of the Roman Senate, a body consisting originally of one hundred eminent citizens, selected by Romulus for their age, wisdom, and experience, out of the noblest families, to be his council in the government. When the Sabines were incorporated with Rome, the number was doubled; and Tarquin the Elder raised it to three hundred; Sulla to four hundred; Julius Cæsar to nine hundred, while Augustus reduced it to six hundred. Originally, patricians alone were eligible to seats in the Senate; but later additions were made from the Knights (v. senatus). The senators were nominated by the kings; and, after they were expelled, by the consuls and dictators. Later, the censors revised the roll of senators every lustrum, excluding members regarded as unworthy. (On the powers of the Senate, the privileges, dress, etc., of its members, v. Dict. of Antiq. s. v. Senatus.) —Sing.:
huic (senatori) jussa tria sunt: ut assit, etc., Cic. Leg. 3, 18, 40; id. de Or. 1, 2 fin.; 1, 49, 215; id. Clu. 47, 132; 56, 154; Quint. 11, 1, 36; 11, 1, 43; Hor. S. 1, 6, 77; 1, 6, 110 al.—Plur., Cic. Sen. 16, 56; Caes. B. C. 1, 17; Liv. 36, 3 al.—Out of Rome, of the Nervii, Caes. B. G. 2, 28.—Of the Rhodians, Cic. Rep. 3, 35, 48.—Of the Macedonians ( = σὐνεδροι), Liv. 45, 32 et saep.— Of the Persians, Vulg. Dan. 6, 7.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
senātor ōris, m
SEN-.—In Rome, a member of the Senate (originally one hundred advisers, selected by Romulus from the nobles. Later, a hundred Sabine nobles were added; and the number was increased by Sulla to four hundred, and by Julius Caesar to nine hundred, but Augustus reduced it to six hundred. The later additions were made largely from the Knights. Under the republic the censors revised the roll every five years, striking out names of bad repute. Only men of wealth were eligible, as no salary was paid. The senator wore a tunic with a broad purple band, and black leathern shoes with a ‘luna’ of silver or ivory): huic (senatori) iussa tria sunt; ut adsit, etc.: in senatoribus cooptandis: Artes quas doceat quivis senator Semet prognatos, H.: novom senatorem cooptabitis, L.—In other nations, a senator, councillor of state : se si dediderunt ex sexcentis ad trīs senatores (Nerviorum), Cs.: (Rhodiorum) omnes erant idem tum de plebe tum senatores: senatores quos (Macedonii) synedros vocant, L.
Origins
From senātus (“senate”) + -tor, originally from senex (“old”).
Elsewhere
- Englishsenator
- Frenchsénateur
- Romaniansenatorfrom French sénateur
- Italiansenatore
- Portuguesesenador
- Spanishsenador
- Turkishsenatörfrom French sénateur
- Galiciansenador
- Irishseanadóir
- Normansénateu
Middle Iranian
- Inscriptional Parthian script𐭎𐭀𐭍𐭕𐭅𐭓
- Inscriptional Pahlavi script𐭮𐭠𐭭𐭲𐭥𐭥