noun · masculinethird declension
temperātor
temperātor m (genitive temperātōris)
Classical[tɛm.pɛˈraː.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[tem.peˈraː.tor]
Meaning
- rareone who duly arranges, orders, or governs
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | temperātor | temperātōrēs |
| genitive | temperātōris | temperātōrum |
| dative | temperātōrī | temperātōribus |
| accusative | temperātōrem | temperātōrēs |
| ablative | temperātōre | temperātōribus |
| vocative | temperātor | temperātōrēs |
tempĕrātor, ōris, m. id.,
I. one who duly arranges, orders, or governs (very rare):
moderator ille et quasi temperator hujus tripartitae varietatis, Cic. Or. 21, 70: voluptatis, i. e. who enjoys it in moderation, Sen. Vit. Beat. 14, 1.—Poet.: armorum (flumen), i. e. that rightly tempers them, Mart. 4, 55, 15.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
temperātor ōris, m
tempero, an arranger, organizer : varietatis.
Origins
temperāt- (perfect passive participial stem of temperō, “I arrange, order, or govern”) + -(t)or (forms masculine agent nouns)