LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

somniātor

somniātor m (genitive somniātōris)
Classical[sɔm.niˈaː.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[som.niˈaː.tor]

Meaning

  1. dreamer; person who puts faith in dreams

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativesomniātor
somniātrīx
somniātōrēs
somniātrīcēs
genitivesomniātōris
somniātrīcis
somniātōrum
somniātrīcum
dativesomniātōrī
somniātrīcī
somniātōribus
somniātrīcibus
accusativesomniātōrem
somniātrīcem
somniātōrēs
somniātrīcēs
ablativesomniātōre
somniātrīce
somniātōribus
somniātrīcibus
vocativesomniātor
somniātrīx
somniātōrēs
somniātrīcēs

somnĭātor, ōris, m. somnio,
I. one who has faith in dreams; a dreamer, Sen. Contr. 3, 22, 15.—Of Joseph, Tert. adv. Gnost. 2 med.; Vulg. Gen. 37, 19; id. Zech. 10, 2.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin somniātor From somniō (“to dream”) + -tor.

Descendants
  • Catalansomiador
  • Frenchsongeur
  • Italiansognatore
  • Portuguesesonhador
  • Spanishsoñador
  • Istriotsugnadur

Quick answers

What does somniātor mean in Latin?
somniātor, a noun, means “dreamer; person who puts faith in dreams”.
What is the genitive of somniātor?
The genitive singular is somniātōris. somniātor is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce somniātor?
In classical Latin, [sɔm.niˈaː.tɔr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [som.niˈaː.tor].