certator

Latin

Etymology

From certō (“fight, compete, dispute”) +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kerˈtaː.tor/, [kɛrˈt̪äːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃerˈta.tor/, [t͡ʃerˈt̪äːt̪or]

Noun

certātor m (genitive certātōris); third declension

1. (Late Latin, rare) a disputant

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	certātor	certātōrēs
genitive	certātōris	certātōrum
dative	certātōrī	certātōribus
accusative	certātōrem	certātōrēs
ablative	certātōre	certātōribus
vocative	certātor	certātōrēs

Verb

certātor

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

References

• “certator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• certator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.