"amator" meaning in Latin

See amator in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [aˈmaː.tɔr] [Classical-Latin], [aˈmaː.tor] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From amō (“love”, verb) + -tor (agent suffix). Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|:af|amō|-tor|id=friend}}, {{af|la|amō|-tor|gloss1=love|pos1=v|pos2=agent suffix}} amō (“love”, verb) + -tor (agent suffix) Head templates: {{la-noun|amātor<3>|f=amātrīx}} amātor m (genitive amātōris, feminine amātrīx); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|amātor<3>}} Forms: amātor [canonical, masculine], amātōris [genitive], amātrīx [feminine], no-table-tags [table-tags], amātor [nominative, singular], amātōrēs [nominative, plural], amātōris [genitive, singular], amātōrum [genitive, plural], amātōrī [dative, singular], amātōribus [dative, plural], amātōrem [accusative, singular], amātōrēs [accusative, plural], amātōre [ablative, singular], amātōribus [ablative, plural], amātor [singular, vocative], amātōrēs [plural, vocative]
  1. a (male) friend Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-amator-la-noun-PtX9ijh1 Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the third declension, Love, Male people Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 21 24 29 25 Disambiguation of Love: 30 33 31 6 Disambiguation of Male people: 34 34 31 1
  2. a (male) lover or paramour Tags: declension-3 Synonyms: amāsius
    Sense id: en-amator-la-noun-jXxhSe8C Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the third declension, Love, Male people Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 21 24 29 25 Disambiguation of Love: 30 33 31 6 Disambiguation of Male people: 34 34 31 1
  3. a (male) lover, in a spiritual sense Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-amator-la-noun-Soss1J5q Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the third declension, Love, Male people Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 21 24 29 25 Disambiguation of Love: 30 33 31 6 Disambiguation of Male people: 34 34 31 1

Verb

IPA: [aˈmaː.tɔr] [Classical-Latin], [aˈmaː.tor] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: amātor [canonical]
Etymology: From amō (“love”, verb) + -tor (agent suffix). Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|:af|amō|-tor|id=friend}}, {{af|la|amō|-tor|gloss1=love|pos1=v|pos2=agent suffix}} amō (“love”, verb) + -tor (agent suffix) Head templates: {{head|la|verb form|head=amātor}} amātor
  1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of amō Tags: form-of, future, imperative, passive, second-person, singular, third-person Form of: amō
    Sense id: en-amator-la-verb-NJMmNsHD Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the third declension, Latin terms suffixed with -tor, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 18 16 8 59 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 21 24 29 25 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -tor: 22 20 14 44 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 20 18 7 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 3 1 10 38 42 3
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  "word": "amator"
}

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