amator

See also: amatör and amatőr

Ladino

Noun

amator m (Latin spelling)

1. amateur

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Latin

Etymology

amō (“I love”) +‎ -tor

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈmaː.tor/

Noun

amātor m (genitive amātōris); third declension

1. A lover (male).

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	amātor	amātōrēs
genitive	amātōris	amātōrum
dative	amātōrī	amātōribus
accusative	amātōrem	amātōrēs
ablative	amātōre	amātōribus
vocative	amātor	amātōrēs

Related terms

• amō
• amātrix

Descendants

• Catalan: amador
• English: amateur
• French: amateur
• Italian: amatore, amateur

• Old French: ameor
• Portuguese: amador
• Romanian: amator
• Spanish: amador

Verb

amātor

1. second-person singular future passive imperative of amō
2. third-person singular future passive imperative of amō

References

• amator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• amator in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “amator” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)