procantator

Latin

Etymology

prō- +‎ cantō (“enchant, call forth by charms”) +‎ -tor

Noun

prōcantātor m (genitive prōcantātōris); third declension

1. (Late Latin) magician, enchanter
   • c. 3rd century CE, Didascalia Apostolorum; republished as Didascalia Apostolorum: the Syriac Version Translated and Accompanied by the Verona Latin Fragments, 2009, page 71:

     fecit sibi pitones et procantatores et praescios

     he made for himself soothsayers and enchanters and diviners

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	prōcantātor	prōcantātōrēs
genitive	prōcantātōris	prōcantātōrum
dative	prōcantātōrī	prōcantātōribus
accusative	prōcantātōrem	prōcantātōrēs
ablative	prōcantātōre	prōcantātōribus
vocative	prōcantātor	prōcantātōrēs

References

• Souter, Alexander (1949), “procantator”, in A Glossary of Later Latin to 600 A.D.‎, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, published 1957, page 323