somniator

Latin

Etymology

From somniō (“I dream”) +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /som.niˈaː.tor/, [s̠ɔmniˈäːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /som.niˈa.tor/, [somniˈäːt̪or]

Noun

somniātor m (genitive somniātōris); third declension

1. dreamer; person who puts faith in dreams

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	somniātor	somniātōrēs
genitive	somniātōris	somniātōrum
dative	somniātōrī	somniātōribus
accusative	somniātōrem	somniātōrēs
ablative	somniātōre	somniātōribus
vocative	somniātor	somniātōrēs

Related terms

• somniālis
• somniāliter
• somniō
• somnium

Descendants

• Catalan: somiador
• French: songeur
• Istriot: sugnadur
• Italian: sognatore
• Portuguese: sonhador
• Spanish: soñador

References

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