venator

Latin

Etymology

From vēnor (“I hunt”) +‎ -ātor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯eːˈnaː.tor/, [u̯eːˈnäːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /veˈna.tor/, [veˈnäːt̪or]

Noun

vēnātor m (genitive vēnātōris); third declension

1. hunter

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	vēnātor	vēnātōrēs
Genitive	vēnātōris	vēnātōrum
Dative	vēnātōrī	vēnātōribus
Accusative	vēnātōrem	vēnātōrēs
Ablative	vēnātōre	vēnātōribus
Vocative	vēnātor	vēnātōrēs

Descendants

• French: veneur
• Portuguese: veador
• Romanian: vânător
• Spanish: venador

References

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