LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

ventilātor

ventilātor m (genitive ventilātōris)
Classical[wɛn.tɪˈɫaː.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[ven.tiˈlaː.tor]

Meaning

  1. winnower

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeventilātorventilātōrēs
genitiveventilātōrisventilātōrum
dativeventilātōrīventilātōribus
accusativeventilātōremventilātōrēs
ablativeventilātōreventilātōribus
vocativeventilātorventilātōrēs

ventĭlātor, ōris, m. id.,
I. one who winnows grain, a winnower.
I. Lit., Col. 2, 10, 14.—
II. Transf. (from tossing up into the air), a juggler, Quint. 10, 7, 11 Spald.; Prud. στεφ. 10, 78.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin ventilātor From ventilō (“to expose to a draught”) + -tor.

Descendants
  • Catalanventilador
  • Englishventilator
  • GermanVentilatorfrom English ventilator
  • Frenchventilateur
  • Romanianventilatorfrom French ventilateur
  • Italianventilatore
  • Occitanventilator
  • Portugueseventilador
  • Spanishventilador
  • Danishventilator

Quick answers

What does ventilātor mean in Latin?
ventilātor, a noun, means “winnower”.
What is the genitive of ventilātor?
The genitive singular is ventilātōris. ventilātor is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce ventilātor?
In classical Latin, [wɛn.tɪˈɫaː.tɔr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ven.tiˈlaː.tor].