plasmator
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin plasmātor.
Noun
plasmator (plural plasmators)
- (obsolete) One who forms or creates; creator.
- 1653, François Rabelais, translated by Thomas Urquhart, Gargantua and Pantagruel:
- the sovereign plasmator, God Almighty
References
- “plasmator”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Latin
Etymology
From plasmō (“form, mould, fashion”) + -tor, from plasma (“something formed; image, figure”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pɫasˈmaː.tɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [plazˈmaː.t̪or]
Noun
plasmātor m (genitive plasmātōris); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | plasmātor | plasmātōrēs |
| genitive | plasmātōris | plasmātōrum |
| dative | plasmātōrī | plasmātōribus |
| accusative | plasmātōrem | plasmātōrēs |
| ablative | plasmātōre | plasmātōribus |
| vocative | plasmātor | plasmātōrēs |
Related terms
Descendants
- French: plasmateur
- Italian: plasmatore
- Spanish: plasmador
References
- “plasmator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- plasmator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.