nomenclator
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin nōmenclātor (“slave who told master names of persons master met”), from nōmen (“name”) + calō (“call together”).
Noun [edit]
nomenclator (plural nomenclators)
- An assistant who specializes in providing timely and spatially relevant reminders of the names of persons and other socially important information.
- 63 b.c., Marcus Tullius Cicero Pro Lucio Murena: Oratio Ad Iudices, 1956, Page 115
- If he does not know them, it is deception to pretend that he does, while all the time he has never heard of them until instructed by the nomenclator.
- circa 20, Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Aubrey Stewart (translator), On Benefits: Addressed to Aebutius Liberalis, 1912, page 187
- Pray, do you suppose that those books of names, which your nomenclator can hardly carry or remember, are those of friends ?
- 1609, Ben Jonson, Epicoene, Act III
- Daw. I have brought some ladies here to see and know you. My Lady Haughty [as he presents them severally, EPI. kisses them.]—this my Lady Centaure — Mistress Dol Mavis — Mistress Trusty, my Lady Haughty's woman. Where's your husband ? let's see him: can he endure no noise? let me come to him.
- Mor. What nomenclator is this !
- True. Sir John Daw, sir, your wife's servant, this.
- 63 b.c., Marcus Tullius Cicero Pro Lucio Murena: Oratio Ad Iudices, 1956, Page 115
- One who assigns or constructs names for persons or objects or classes thereof, as in a scientific classification system.
- 1969, Reginald Townsend Townsend, "What's in a Name?", in This, That, and the Other Thing, page 27
- The nomenclator's method is first to look about and see if the place has any natural features to suggest a name—like Rocking Stone Farm or White Birches.
- 1969, Reginald Townsend Townsend, "What's in a Name?", in This, That, and the Other Thing, page 27
- A document containing such name assignments.
Synonyms [edit]
- (document containing names): vocabulary, glossary
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References [edit]
- http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/what/nomenclator/
- http://books.google.com/books?id=GskPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA511&dq=nomenclator+romans&lr=&ei=CjC8R4iONI-oiQGWibHbBQ
- nomenclator in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- nomenclator in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Latin [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From nōmen (“name”) + calō (“call together”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
nōmenclātor (genitive nōmenclātōris); m, third declension
- a slave who acted as receptionist, keeping track of the names of clients arriving to see his master
- a slave who kept track of the names of the other slaves for his master
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Descendants [edit]
- English: nomenclator
