venator

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vēnātor (hunter).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /və.na.tɔʁ/

Noun

venator m (plural venatores)

  1. (Ancient Rome) gladiator specialized in wild animal hunts

Latin

Etymology

From vēnor (I hunt) +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

Noun

vēnātor m (genitive vēnātōris, feminine vēnātrīx); third declension

  1. hunter

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative vēnātor vēnātōrēs
genitive vēnātōris vēnātōrum
dative vēnātōrī vēnātōribus
accusative vēnātōrem vēnātōrēs
ablative vēnātōre vēnātōribus
vocative vēnātor vēnātōrēs

Descendants

  • Old Francoprovençal: venaor
    • Franco-Provençal: venaor
  • Old French: veneor
    • French: veneur
    • Walloon: vineu'
  • Portuguese: veador
  • Romanian: vânător
  • Spanish: venador
  • Italian: venatore

References

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