plasmator

English

Etymology

Latin

Noun

plasmator (plural plasmators)

(obsolete) One who forms or fashions.
- 1653, François Rabelais, Thomas Urquhart (translator), Gargantua and Pantagruel
  the sovereign plasmator, God Almighty

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for plasmator in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Latin

Etymology

From plasmō (“form, mould, fashion”), from plasma (“something formed; image, figure”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /plasˈmaː.tor/, [pɫ̪äs̠ˈmäːt̪ɔr]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /plasˈma.tor/, [pläzˈmäːt̪or]

Noun

plasmātor m (genitive plasmātōris); third declension

a former, fashioner, creator

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	plasmātor	plasmātōrēs
Genitive	plasmātōris	plasmātōrum
Dative	plasmātōrī	plasmātōribus
Accusative	plasmātōrem	plasmātōrēs
Ablative	plasmātōre	plasmātōribus
Vocative	plasmātor	plasmātōrēs

Related terms

plasma
plasmātiō
plasmō

Descendants

French: plasmateur
Italian: plasmatore
Spanish: plasmador

References

“plasmator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
plasmator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette