consolator

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin [Term?]

Noun

consolator (plural consolators)

  1. One who consoles or comforts.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for consolator in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Latin

Etymology

From cōnsōlor +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /kon.soːˈlaː.tor/, [kõː.soːˈɫaː.tɔr]

Noun

cōnsōlātor m (genitive cōnsōlātōris); third declension

  1. one who consoles, comforter

Declension

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cōnsōlātor cōnsōlātōrēs
Genitive cōnsōlātōris cōnsōlātōrum
Dative cōnsōlātōrī cōnsōlātōribus
Accusative cōnsōlātōrem cōnsōlātōrēs
Ablative cōnsōlātōre cōnsōlātōribus
Vocative cōnsōlātor cōnsōlātōrēs

Verb

cōnsōlātor

  1. second-person singular future active imperative of cōnsōlor
  2. third-person singular future active imperative of cōnsōlor

References
  • consolator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • consolator in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • consolator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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