gladiator
English
Alternative forms
- gladiatour (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡlædiˌeɪtɚ/
Noun
gladiator (plural gladiators)
- (in ancient Rome) A person (professional or slave) who entertained the public by engaging in mortal combat with another, or with a wild animal.
- (by extension) A disputant in a public controversy or debate.
- A professional boxer.
Related terms
Translations
(in ancient Rome) a person (professional or slave) who entertained the public by engaging in mortal combat with another, or with a wild animal
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(by extension) a disputant in a public controversy or debate
a professional boxer — see boxer
Danish
Noun
gladiator c (definite singular gladiatoren, indefinite plural gladiatorer, definite plural gladiatorerne)
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: gla‧di‧a‧tor
Noun
gladiator m (plural gladiatoren or gladiators, diminutive gladiatortje n)
- gladiator; entertainer who engages in mortal combat
Latin

gladiātōrēs (gladiators)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ɡla.diˈaː.tor/, [ɡɫa.dɪˈaː.tɔr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ɡla.diˈa.tor/, [ɡla.diˈaː.tor]
Noun
gladiātor m (genitive gladiātōris); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | gladiātor | gladiātōrēs |
Genitive | gladiātōris | gladiātōrum |
Dative | gladiātōrī | gladiātōribus |
Accusative | gladiātōrem | gladiātōrēs |
Ablative | gladiātōre | gladiātōribus |
Vocative | gladiātor | gladiātōrēs |
Hyponyms
- (gladiator): prōvocātor, rētiārius, secūtor, thraex
Derived terms
Descendants
- Catalan: gladiador
- English: gladiator
- French: gladiateur
- Italian: gladiatore
- Portuguese: gladiador
- Romanian: gladiator
- Russian: гладиа́тор (gladiátor)
- Sicilian: gladiaturi
- Spanish: gladiador
References
- gladiator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- gladiator in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- gladiator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- gladiator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to give a gladiatorial show: gladiatores dare
- at the gladiatorial games: gladiatoribus (Att. 2. 19. 3)
- to give a gladiatorial show: gladiatores dare
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
gladiator m (definite singular gladiatoren, indefinite plural gladiatorer, definite plural gladiatorene)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
gladiator m (definite singular gladiatoren, indefinite plural gladiatorar, definite plural gladiatorane)
Swedish
Declension
Declension of gladiator | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | gladiator | gladiatorn | gladiatorer | gladiatorerna |
Genitive | gladiators | gladiatorns | gladiatorers | gladiatorernas |
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