legislator
English
Alternative forms
- legislatour (obsolete, rare)
Etymology
From Latin lēgislātor.
Noun
legislator (plural legislators)
- Someone who creates or enacts laws, especially a member of a legislative body.
Synonyms
Translations
who creates or enacts laws
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Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /leː.ɡisˈlaː.tor/, [ɫeː.ɡɪsˈɫaː.tɔr]
Noun
lēgislātor m (genitive lēgislātōris); third declension
- legislator
- c. 130-180 CE, Gaius, Institutiones, 3.76
- nec me praeterit non satis in ea re legislatorem voluntatem suam verbis expressisse
- It has not escaped my observation, however, that the legislator did not express his intention in this manner in a way which is sufficiently clear.
- nec me praeterit non satis in ea re legislatorem voluntatem suam verbis expressisse
- c. 130-180 CE, Gaius, Institutiones, 3.76
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | lēgislātor | lēgislātōrēs |
| Genitive | lēgislātōris | lēgislātōrum |
| Dative | lēgislātōrī | lēgislātōribus |
| Accusative | lēgislātōrem | lēgislātōrēs |
| Ablative | lēgislātōre | lēgislātōribus |
| Vocative | lēgislātor | lēgislātōrēs |
Descendants
- English: legislator
- French: législateur
- Italian: legislatore
- Norman: législateur
- Portuguese: legislador
- Spanish: legislador
References
- legislator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- legislator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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