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
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     Et le venator vedette Jolicursus.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Latin

Etymology

From vēnor (“I hunt”) +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

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

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.