ballator

Latin

Etymology

From ballō +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

Noun

ballātor m (genitive ballātōris, feminine ballātrīx); third declension

  1. dancer
    • CIL 6.2265:
      D(is) M(anibus) / T(ito) Flavio C[h]r[y]sopa[edi] / sodales ballatore[s] / Cybelae bene me/renti fecerunt
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative ballātor ballātōrēs
genitive ballātōris ballātōrum
dative ballātōrī ballātōribus
accusative ballātōrem ballātōrēs
ablative ballātōre ballātōribus
vocative ballātor ballātōrēs

Descendants

  • Italian: ballatóre

References

  • ballator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ballator in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
  • ballator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.