salutator

Latin

Etymology

From salutō (“greet”) +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /sa.luːˈtaː.tor/, [s̠äɫ̪uːˈt̪äːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sa.luˈta.tor/, [säluˈt̪äːt̪or]

Noun

salūtātor m (genitive salūtātōris, feminine salūtātrīx); third declension

1. one who greets; a greeter, saluter

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	salūtātor	salūtātōrēs
genitive	salūtātōris	salūtātōrum
dative	salūtātōrī	salūtātōribus
accusative	salūtātōrem	salūtātōrēs
ablative	salūtātōre	salūtātōribus
vocative	salūtātor	salūtātōrēs

Descendants

• Spanish: saludador

Verb

salūtātor

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

References

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