portator

Latin

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Verb

portātor

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

Etymology 2

Found in Late Latin. From portō +‎ -tor.

Noun

portātor m (genitive portātōris); third declension

1. carrier; bearer; bringer

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	portātor	portātōrēs
genitive	portātōris	portātōrum
dative	portātōrī	portātōribus
accusative	portātōrem	portātōrēs
ablative	portātōre	portātōribus
vocative	portātor	portātōrēs

Descendants

• Old French: portour
  • English: porter
  • Middle French: porteur
    • French: porteur
• Old Occitan:
  • Catalan: portador
  • Occitan: portador
• Italian: portatore
• Portuguese: portador
• Romanian: purtător
• Spanish: portador

References

• "portator", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)