natator

See also: Natator

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin natator.

Noun

natator (plural natators)

1. swimmer

Related terms

• natation
• natatorial
• natatory
• natant
• natatorium

Anagrams

• Taranto, arnatto, arnotta

Latin

Etymology

From natō (“to swim”) +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [naˈtaː.tɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [naˈt̪aː.t̪or]

Noun

natātor m (genitive natātōris); third declension

1. swimmer

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	natātor	natātōrēs
genitive	natātōris	natātōrum
dative	natātōrī	natātōribus
accusative	natātōrem	natātōrēs
ablative	natātōre	natātōribus
vocative	natātor	natātōrēs

Verb

natātor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of natō

Descendants

• Portuguese: nadador
• Spanish: nadador

References

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