stator
English
Etymology
From stationary or static by analogy with rotor; alternatively from a hypothetical Latin stātor (literally “stander”); all ultimately from stāre (“to stand”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)
Noun
stator (plural stators)
- The stationary part of a motor or other machine.
Related terms
- rotor
Translations
stationary part of a motor
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Anagrams
- Rattos, Tatros, ottars, rottas, strato-, tarots, tators, tortas, troats
French
Noun
stator m (plural stators)
- stator
Further reading
- “stator”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Etymology
stō (“to stand”) + -tor
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsta.tor/, [ˈs̠t̪ät̪ɔr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsta.tor/, [ˈst̪äːt̪or]
Noun
stator m (genitive statōris); third declension
- an attendant or servant to a magistrate or proconsul; a messenger, orderly
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | stator | statōrēs |
| Genitive | statōris | statōrum |
| Dative | statōrī | statōribus |
| Accusative | statōrem | statōrēs |
| Ablative | statōre | statōribus |
| Vocative | stator | statōrēs |
References
- “stator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “stator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “stator”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “stator”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- “stator”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin