tornator

Latin

Etymology 1

tornāre +‎ -tor.

Alternative forms

• torneātor (Medieval Latin)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

tornātor m (genitive tornātōris, feminine tornātrīx); third declension

1. (Late Latin, Medieval Latin) turner

   Synonym: (Medieval) rotārius

   • c. 334 CE – 337 CE, Julius Firmicus Maternus, Matheseos Libri VIII Liber IV.Cap XIII.2:

     Si vero a Venere defluens minuta lumine ad Mercurium feratur, vitia impuritates valitudinesque decernit, actus vero varios multiplicesque faciet: aut oratores aut tornatores aut plastas aut sculptores faciet <aut> pigmentarios aut coloris repertores aut farmacopolas aut popinarios facit et qui alienarum voluptatum et delectationum curam sollicitudinemque sustineant.

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Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	tornātor	tornātōrēs
genitive	tornātōris	tornātōrum
dative	tornātōrī	tornātōribus
accusative	tornātōrem	tornātōrēs
ablative	tornātōre	tornātōribus
vocative	tornātor	tornātōrēs

Descendants

• Italian: Tornatore

Etymology 2

Verb

tornātor

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

References

• “tornator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "tornator", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “tornator”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.