saltator

See also: Saltator

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

Borrowed from the genus name, translingual Saltator, borrowed from Latin saltātor (“dancer”).

Noun

saltator (plural saltators)

  1. One of several passerine birds in the genus Saltator.

Derived terms

Latin

Etymology 1

From saltō +‎ -tor.

Noun

saltātor m (genitive saltātōris, feminine saltātrīx); third declension

  1. dancer
Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative saltātor saltātōrēs
genitive saltātōris saltātōrum
dative saltātōrī saltātōribus
accusative saltātōrem saltātōrēs
ablative saltātōre saltātōribus
vocative saltātor saltātōrēs
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

saltātor

  1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of saltō

References

  • “saltator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “saltator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • saltator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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