regnator

Latin

Etymology

From rēgnō (“to rule”) +‎ -tor (“-er”, suffix forming agent nouns).

Noun

rēgnātor m (genitive rēgnātōris); third declension

  1. king, ruler
    • Aeneid, Vergil, IV:269
      regnator, caelum et terras qui numine torquet.
      king, who bends heaven and earth to his will.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative rēgnātor rēgnātōrēs
genitive rēgnātōris rēgnātōrum
dative rēgnātōrī rēgnātōribus
accusative rēgnātōrem rēgnātōrēs
ablative rēgnātōre rēgnātōribus
vocative rēgnātor rēgnātōrēs

Verb

rēgnātor

  1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of rēgnō

References

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