dator

Latin

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From Proto-Indo-European *déh₃tōr (“giver, donor”), from the root *deh₃- (“to give”) (whence also Latin dō). Cognates include Ancient Greek δώτωρ (dṓtōr) and Sanskrit दातृ (dā́tar-).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈda.tor/, [ˈd̪ät̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈda.tor/, [ˈd̪äːt̪or]

Noun

dator m (genitive datōris); third declension

1. Someone who gives; a giver, donor or patron

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dator	datōrēs
Genitive	datōris	datōrum
Dative	datōrī	datōribus
Accusative	datōrem	datōrēs
Ablative	datōre	datōribus
Vocative	dator	datōrēs

Descendants

• Italian: datore

Verb

(deprecated template usage) dator

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

References

• “dator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “dator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• dator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “dator”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

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Romanian

Alternative forms

• datoriu (archaic)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin root *debtoriu < *dēbitōrius for Latin dēbitor (“debtor”), ultimately from dēbitum (“debt”), from dēbeō (“to owe”); influenced by the verb da (“to give”). Compare Aromanian dãtor. Doublet of the borrowing debitor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daˈtor/

Adjective

dator m or n (feminine singular datoare, masculine plural datori, feminine and neuter plural datoare)

1. indebted (to)
2. obliged (to)
3. owing money

Declension

Declension of dator

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	dator		datoare	datori	datoare
	definite	datorul		datoarea	datorii	datoarele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	dator		datoare	datori	datoare
	definite	datorului		datoarei	datorilor	datoarelor

Derived terms

• datora
• datorie
• datornic
• îndatora
• îndatorire
• îndatoritor

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Swedish

Etymology

From data +‎ -or. Proposed in 1967 by professor Börje Langefors, as a parallel to doktor and traktor, based on data. Earlier Swedish words for computer were kalkylator, matematikmaskin, elektronhjärna and datamaskin, the later often colloquially abbreviated to data.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²dɑːtɔr/, /²dɑːtʊr/

• audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -²ɑːtɔr, -²ɑːtʊr

Noun

dator c

1. computer (data processing machine)

   Synonyms: (rare) datamaskin, data

2. (rare) (deprecated template usage) indefinite plural of data

Usage notes

• The somewhat common synonym data is usually considered incorrect.

Declension

Declension of dator
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	dator	datorn	datorer	datorerna
Genitive	dators	datorns	datorers	datorernas

Descendants

• → Latvian: dators

References

• dator in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• “Hur kan man använda data och datan? [How are data and datan used?]”, in Frågelådan‎^[1], Swedish Language Council, 2019 December 28 (last accessed)

Anagrams

• ordat