"dictator" meaning in Latin

See dictator in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /dikˈtaː.tor/ [Classical], [d̪ɪkˈt̪äːt̪ɔr] [Classical], /dikˈta.tor/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [d̪ikˈt̪äːt̪or] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From dictō (“I dictate”) + -tor. Etymology templates: {{root|la|ine-pro|*deyḱ-}}, {{af|la|dictō|-tor|t1=I dictate}} dictō (“I dictate”) + -tor Head templates: {{la-noun|dictātor<3>}} dictātor m (genitive dictātōris); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|dictātor<3>}} Forms: dictātor [canonical, masculine], dictātōris [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], dictātor [nominative, singular], dictātōrēs [nominative, plural], dictātōris [genitive, singular], dictātōrum [genitive, plural], dictātōrī [dative, singular], dictātōribus [dative, plural], dictātōrem [accusative, singular], dictātōrēs [accusative, plural], dictātōre [ablative, singular], dictātōribus [ablative, plural], dictātor [singular, vocative], dictātōrēs [plural, vocative]
  1. an elected chief magistrate Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-dictator-la-noun-q~t0twK0 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the third declension, Latin terms suffixed with -tor Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 62 38 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 51 49 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -tor: 58 42
  2. one who dictates. Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-dictator-la-noun-byaag0q4 Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dictātrīx, dictātōrius, dictātūra
Related terms: dictitō, dictiō, dictiōsus, dictum, dictus, dictāmen, dictāta, dictātiuncula, dictātiō, dictō, dīcō

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