pacificator

English

Etymology

Latin pacificator

Noun

pacificator (plural pacificators)

1. A peacemaker, a pacifier.
   • 1905, Rossiter Johnson, The Great Events by Famous Historians, Vol. 8‎^[1]:

     Instead of his services being appreciated, he was accused as a usurper and intruder; he was made responsible for the injuries and prejudices of which his accuser loudly complained; and the founder and pacificator of the Darien was to be prosecuted for the criminal charges brought against him.

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Latin

Etymology

From pacificō (“I make or negotiate a peace; pacify”), from pāx (“peace”) + faciō (“I do, make”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /paː.ki.fiˈkaː.tor/, [päːkɪfɪˈkäːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pa.t͡ʃi.fiˈka.tor/, [pät͡ʃifiˈkäːt̪or]

Noun

pācificātor m (genitive pācificātōris); third declension

1. A peacemaker, pacifier, pacificator.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pācificātor	pācificātōrēs
Genitive	pācificātōris	pācificātōrum
Dative	pācificātōrī	pācificātōribus
Accusative	pācificātōrem	pācificātōrēs
Ablative	pācificātōre	pācificātōribus
Vocative	pācificātor	pācificātōrēs

Synonyms

• (pacifier): pācātor

Derived terms

• pācificātōrius

Related terms

• pācālis
• pācātē
• pācātiō
• pācātor

• pācātōrius
• pācātum
• pācātus
• pācifer

• pācificātiō
• pācificē
• pācificō

• pācificus
• pācō
• pāx

Descendants

• Catalan: pacificador
• French: pacificateur
• Portuguese: pacificador
• Spanish: pacificador

References

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