contemplator

English

Etymology

contemplate +‎ -or

Noun

contemplator (plural contemplators)

1. One who contemplates

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Latin

Etymology

From contemplor (“observe, note”) +‎ -ātōr

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kon.temˈplaː.toːr/, [kɔn̪t̪ɛmˈpɫ̪äːt̪oːr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kon.temˈpla.tor/, [kon̪t̪emˈpläːt̪or]

Noun

contemplātōr m (genitive contemplātōris); third declension

1. an observer, surveyor
2. (rare) contemplator

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	contemplātōr	contemplātōrēs
Genitive	contemplātōris	contemplātōrum
Dative	contemplātōrī	contemplātōribus
Accusative	contemplātōrem	contemplātōrēs
Ablative	contemplātōre	contemplātōribus
Vocative	contemplātōr	contemplātōrēs

Verb

(deprecated template usage) contemplātor

1. second-person singular future active imperative of contemplor
2. third-person singular future active imperative of contemplor

References

• “contemplator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “contemplator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• contemplator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• contemplator in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016