luctator

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /luːkˈtaː.tor/, [ɫ̪uːkˈt̪äːt̪ɔr] or IPA^(key): /lukˈtaː.tor/, [ɫ̪ʊkˈt̪äːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /lukˈta.tor/, [lukˈt̪äːt̪or]

Etymology 1

From lū̆ctor +‎ -tor.

Noun

lū̆ctātor m (genitive lū̆ctātōris); third declension

1. wrestler

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lū̆ctātor	lū̆ctātōrēs
Genitive	lū̆ctātōris	lū̆ctātōrum
Dative	lū̆ctātōrī	lū̆ctātōribus
Accusative	lū̆ctātōrem	lū̆ctātōrēs
Ablative	lū̆ctātōre	lū̆ctātōribus
Vocative	lū̆ctātor	lū̆ctātōrēs

Descendants

• >? Albanian: luftëtar
• Aromanian: alumtãtor
• Asturian: lluchador
• Catalan: lluitador
• French: lutteur
• Friulian: lotadôr
• Italian: lottatore
• Old Galician-Portuguese: luytador
  • Galician: loitador
  • Portuguese: lutador
• Romanian: luptător
• Sicilian: luttaturi
• Spanish: luchador

References

• “luctator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “luctator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• luctator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Etymology 2

Verb

lū̆ctātor

1. second/third-person singular future active imperative of lū̆ctor