computatrum
Latin
FWOTD – 12 November 2015
Etymology
From comput(ō) (“I calculate, I compute”) + -trum.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɔm.pʊˈtaː.trũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kom.puˈt̪aː.t̪rum]
Noun
computātrum n (genitive computātrī); second declension
- (Contemporary Latin) computer
- Synonyms: ōrdinātrum, computātōrium
- 2004, Orestes Carbonero, Ethici Characteres Hodierni., Latinitas Opus Fundatum in Civitate Vaticana:
- Quid vero per computatrum communicare possit, nisi vacuum mentis animique sui inane, hoc nemini patet.
- Truly, the bounds of what one may communicate by computer, save the vacuum of one's own empty mind and soul, is known to no one.
- 2014, Antti Ijäs, Investigatio linguae Finnicae [1], Nuntii Latini 23.4.2014:
- Materia tam ampla est, ut non nisi auxilio computatrorum pertractari possit.
- There is so much material, that it is not possible to thoroughly investigate except with the help of computers.
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | computātrum | computātra |
| genitive | computātrī | computātrōrum |
| dative | computātrō | computātrīs |
| accusative | computātrum | computātra |
| ablative | computātrō | computātrīs |
| vocative | computātrum | computātra |