LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

viātor1

viātor m (genitive viātōris, feminine viātrīx)
Classical[wiˈaː.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[viˈaː.tor]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. traveller, wayfarer
  2. summoner, messenger: an officer employed by the state for taking messages, etc.
    Ā vīllā in Senātum arcessēbātur et Curius et cēterī senēs; ex quō, quī eōs arcessēbant viātōrēs nōminātī sunt.Curius and other elders were summoned from their country estates to the Senate; it is for this reason that [the officials] who used to summon them were given the name viatores, [or “travelers.”] (In other words, such duties meant that the summoners were always “on the road” or via.)106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Cato Maior de Senectute 16.56

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

quī iter facit; per viās it.
viātor -ōris m — in Mille Verba, ch. Via et Iter

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeviātorviātōrēs
genitiveviātōrisviātōrum
dativeviātōrīviātōribus
accusativeviātōremviātōrēs
ablativeviātōreviātōribus
vocativeviātorviātōrēs

vĭātor, ōris, m. vio.
I. In gen., a wayfarer, traveller, Cic. Fat. 15, 34; id. Mil. 21, 55; Caes. B. G. 4, 5; Verg. G. 4, 97; id. Fragm. ap. Don. Vit. Verg.; Hor. C. 3, 4, 30; id. S. 1, 5, 17; Ov. Tr. 2, 271; id. P. 4, 10, 34; Phaedr. 2, 1, 5; Juv. 10, 22; Mart. 2, 6, 14; 11, 13, 1.—
II. In partic., a summoner, apparitor, an officer whose duty was to summon persons before the magistrate, Varr. ap. Gell. 13, 12, 6; Cic. Sen. 16, 56; id. Vatin. 9, 22; Liv. 2, 56, 13; 3, 56, 5; Just. Inst. 4, 6; Dig. 5, 1, 82; Inscr. Grut. 627, 1 sqq.

Origins

From viō (“to travel”) + -tor, from via (“road, path”).

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesViatorViator was a servant who attended upon and executed the commands of certain Roman magistrates, to whom he bore the same relation as the lictor did to …
proper noun · masculinethird declension
Viātor2
Viātor m sg (genitive Viātōris)
Classical[wiˈaː.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[viˈaː.tor]

Meaning

  1. a cognomen famously held by
  2. Calventius Viator, a Roman soldier

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeViātor—
genitiveViātōris—
dativeViātōrī—
accusativeViātōrem—
ablativeViātōre—
vocativeViātor—

Origins

From viātor (“traveller”).

Descendants
  • FrenchViateur

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesViatorViator was a servant who attended upon and executed the commands of certain Roman magistrates, to whom he bore the same relation as the lictor did to …

Quick answers

What does viātor mean in Latin?
viātor, a noun, means “traveller, wayfarer; summoner, messenger: an officer employed by the state for taking messages, etc.”.
What is the genitive of viātor?
The genitive singular is viātōris. viātor is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce viātor?
In classical Latin, [wiˈaː.tɔr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [viˈaː.tor].