circulator

English

Etymology

circulate +‎ -or

Noun

circulator (plural circulators)

1. A person or thing that causes something to circulate

   Who is the circulator of this rumor?

2. (transport) A local transit system that provides regular service within a closed loop

   You can ride the airport circulator to the next terminal.

3. (electronics) A passive electronic component with three or more ports, in which the ports can be accessed in such a way that when a signal is fed into any port it is transferred to the next port only

See also

• circulator on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• corticular

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Latin

Etymology

From circulor +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kir.kuˈlaː.tor/, [kɪrkʊˈɫ̪äːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃir.kuˈla.tor/, [t͡ʃirkuˈläːt̪or]

Noun

circulātor m (genitive circulātōris); third declension (feminine: circulātrix)

1. itinerant peddler or performer

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	circulātor	circulātōrēs
Genitive	circulātōris	circulātōrum
Dative	circulātōrī	circulātōribus
Accusative	circulātōrem	circulātōrēs
Ablative	circulātōre	circulātōribus
Vocative	circulātor	circulātōrēs

Verb

(deprecated template usage) circulātor

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

References

• “circulator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “circulator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• circulator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• circulator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “circulator”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• circulator in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016