temperator

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

temperāt- (perfect passive participial stem of temperō, “I arrange, order, or govern”) +‎ -(t)or (forms masculine agent nouns)

Noun

temperātor m (genitive temperātōris); third declension

  1. (very rare) one who duly arranges, orders, or governs
Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative temperātor temperātōrēs
genitive temperātōris temperātōrum
dative temperātōrī temperātōribus
accusative temperātōrem temperātōrēs
ablative temperātōre temperātōribus
vocative temperātor temperātōrēs

References

  • tempĕrātor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • temperator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • temperator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • temperator in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Etymology 2

Regularly conjugated forms of temperō.

Verb

temperātor

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