LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

suffrāgātor

suffrāgātor m (genitive suffrāgātōris)

Meaning

  1. supporter
  2. voter (for a particular candidate)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativesuffrāgātorsuffrāgātōrēs
genitivesuffrāgātōrissuffrāgātōrum
dativesuffrāgātōrīsuffrāgātōribus
accusativesuffrāgātōremsuffrāgātōrēs
ablativesuffrāgātōresuffrāgātōribus
vocativesuffrāgātorsuffrāgātōrēs

suffrāgātor (subf-), ōris, m. id.,
I. one who votes for another, a supporter, partisan, suffragator (class.): suffragatorum comparatio, Cic. Mur. 21, 44: historicis notior, suffragatoribus obscurior, id. ib. 7, 16: ex fucosis firmi suffragatores evadunt, Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 9, 35: meus in petendis honoribus, Plin. Ep. 4, 17, 6; id. Pan. 92, 3: competitoris sui suffragatorem agere, Val. Max. 4, 5, 3: candidati laborare desiimus: suffragatores incipimus, Sen. Brev. Vit. 17, 5.—With gen.-obj.: quaesturae, for the office of quæstor, Sen. Ben. 7, 28, 2.—
II. Transf., in gen., a favorer, supporter: te et suffragatores tuos ulciscar, Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 20: propter studia suffragatorum, Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 18: cum suffragatore suo, Suet. Vesp. 23; Plin. Ep. 3, 20, 5; App. Dogm. Plat. 2, p. 16, 56.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  2. Proto-Italic*supo
  3. Latinsuffrāgātor

Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-der.? Latin suffrāgō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin suffrāgātor From suffrāgō + -tor.

Quick answers

What does suffrāgātor mean in Latin?
suffrāgātor, a noun, means “supporter; voter (for a particular candidate)”.
What is the genitive of suffrāgātor?
The genitive singular is suffrāgātōris. suffrāgātor is masculine, third declension.
Where does suffrāgātor come from?
Proto-Indo-European *upó → Proto-Italic *supo → Latin suffrāgātor.