lator
Latin
Etymology
From the radical of the supine of ferō, lātum + -tor.
Noun
lātor m (genitive lātōris); third declension
- Someone who proposes a law, proposer, carrier.
- 63 B.C.E., Cicero, In Catilinam, 4.5.10
- […] denique ipsum latorem Semproniae legis iniussu populi poenas rei publicae dependisse
- […] and moreover that the very proposer of the Sempronian law suffered punishment by the command of the people.
- […] denique ipsum latorem Semproniae legis iniussu populi poenas rei publicae dependisse
- 63 B.C.E., Cicero, In Catilinam, 4.5.10
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | lātor | lātōrēs |
Genitive | lātōris | lātōrum |
Dative | lātōrī | lātōribus |
Accusative | lātōrem | lātōrēs |
Ablative | lātōre | lātōribus |
Vocative | lātor | lātōrēs |
Derived terms
- lēgislātor
Descendants
- Italian: latore
References
- “lator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “lator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- lator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- a legislator: qui leges scribit (not legum lator)
- a legislator: qui leges scribit (not legum lator)