procantator

Latin

Etymology

prō- +‎ cantō (“enchant, call forth by charms”) +‎ -tor

Noun

prōcantātor m (genitive prōcantātōris); third declension

  1. (Late Latin) magician, enchanter
    • c. 3rd century CE, Didascalia Apostolorum; republished as Didascalia Apostolorum: the Syriac Version Translated and Accompanied by the Verona Latin Fragments, 2009, page 71:
      fecit sibi pitones et procantatores et praescios
      he made for himself soothsayers and enchanters and diviners

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative prōcantātor prōcantātōrēs
genitive prōcantātōris prōcantātōrum
dative prōcantātōrī prōcantātōribus
accusative prōcantātōrem prōcantātōrēs
ablative prōcantātōre prōcantātōribus
vocative prōcantātor prōcantātōrēs

References

  • Souter, Alexander (1949) “procantator”, in A Glossary of Later Latin to 600 A.D.‎[1], 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, published 1957, page 323
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