salvator

English

Etymology

From Middle English salvatour, from Latin salvātor.

Noun

salvator (plural salvators)

1. (obsolete) saviour

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Latin

Etymology

From salvō +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /salˈu̯aː.tor/, [s̠äɫ̪ˈu̯äːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /salˈva.tor/, [sälˈväːt̪or]

Noun

salvātor m (genitive salvātōris); third declension

1. saviour

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	salvātor	salvātōrēs
Genitive	salvātōris	salvātōrum
Dative	salvātōrī	salvātōribus
Accusative	salvātōrem	salvātōrēs
Ablative	salvātōre	salvātōribus
Vocative	salvātor	salvātōrēs

Descendants

• English: salvator
• Old French: sauveor
  • French: sauveur
  • → Middle English: salvatour
    • English: saviour, savior
• Italian: salvatore
• Old Occitan: salvador
• Portuguese: salvador
• Spanish: salvador

Verb

(deprecated template usage) salvātor

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

References

• “salvator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• salvator 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)
• salvator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.