viator

See also: Viator

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin viātor (“traveler”).

Pronunciation

  • (non-rhotic) IPA(key): /vʌɪˈeɪtə/
  • Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)

Noun

viator (plural viators or viatores)

  1. (rare) wayfarer, traveler
  2. (rare) apparitor, summoner

References

  • Websters Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary, 1989.

Latin

Etymology

From viō (“I travel”), from via (“road, path”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /wiˈaː.tor/, [wɪˈaː.tɔr]

Noun

viātor m (genitive viātōris); third declension

  1. traveller, wayfarer
  2. messenger

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative viātor viātōrēs
genitive viātōris viātōrum
dative viātōrī viātōribus
accusative viātōrem viātōrēs
ablative viātōre viātōribus
vocative viātor viātōrēs

References

  • viator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • viator in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • viator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • viator in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • viator in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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