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

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Verb

natātor

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

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *(s)néh₂ti

Proto-Italic *(s)nāō

Latin nō

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tos

Latin -tus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin -tō

Latin natō

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin natātor

From natō (“to swim”) + -tor.

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

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.