ballator

Latin

Etymology

From ballō +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [balˈlaː.tɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [balˈlaː.tor]

Noun

ballātor m (genitive ballātōris, feminine ballātrīx); third declension

1. dancer
   • CIL 6.2265:

     D(is) M(anibus) / T(ito) Flavio C[h]r[y]sopa[edi] / sodales ballatore[s] / Cybelae bene me/renti fecerunt

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	ballātor	ballātōrēs
genitive	ballātōris	ballātōrum
dative	ballātōrī	ballātōribus
accusative	ballātōrem	ballātōrēs
ablative	ballātōre	ballātōribus
vocative	ballātor	ballātōrēs

Related terms

• ballātio
• ballātrīx
• ballēmātia
• ballēmāticus

Descendants

• Italian: ballatóre

References

• “ballator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ballator in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
• “ballator”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.