signator

English

Alternative forms

• signatour (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin signātor.

Noun

signator (plural signators)

1. A signatory: someone who signs something.

Anagrams

• Gorstian, Strangio, atrogins, organist, roasting, strong AI, tragions

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sek-?

Proto-Indo-European *-nóm

Proto-Italic *segnom

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

Proto-Italic *segnāō

Latin signō

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin signātor

From signō + -tor.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

signātor m (genitive signātōris); third declension

1. signatory
2. witness (to a will)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	signātor	signātōrēs
genitive	signātōris	signātōrum
dative	signātōrī	signātōribus
accusative	signātōrem	signātōrēs
ablative	signātōre	signātōribus
vocative	signātor	signātōrēs

Verb

signātor

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

References

• “signator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “signator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "signator", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “signator”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.