noun · masculinethird declension
tractātor
tractātor m (genitive tractātōris, feminine tractātrīx)
Classical[trakˈtaː.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[trakˈtaː.tor]
Meaning
- Classical Latinmasseur
- Classical Latinimperial official, manager
- Late Latincommentator, homilist
- Late Latinaccountant
- Medieval Latintractator, entrepreneur (a person responsible for shipping and handling merchandise on behalf of an investor)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | tractātor | tractātōrēs |
| genitive | tractātōris | tractātōrum |
| dative | tractātōrī | tractātōribus |
| accusative | tractātōrem | tractātōrēs |
| ablative | tractātōre | tractātōribus |
| vocative | tractātor | tractātōrēs |
tractātor, ōris, m. id..
I. A slave among the Romans, who manipulated and suppled his master's limbs while anointing them; a shampooer, Sen. Ep. 66, 53.—
II. A handler, treater of any thing. esp. of literary matters (post-class.):
Origenes scaevus cavendusque tractator, Sid. Ep. 2, 9; 4, 11; Hier. in Helv. 6; Spart. Get. 4; Sulp. Sev. 1, 6.Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰregʰ-der.?
- Latintractātor
Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus 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 -tō Latin tractō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin tractātor From tractō (“handle, manage, transact”) + -tor.
Descendants
- Englishtractator
In English words that came into English from tractātor
- tractatortractātor