"mediator" meaning in Latin

See mediator in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [mɛ.diˈaː.tɔr] [Classical-Latin], [me.diˈaː.tor] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From mediō (“be in the middle”) + -tor, from medius (“middle”). Etymology templates: {{af|la|mediō|-tor|t1=be in the middle}} mediō (“be in the middle”) + -tor Head templates: {{la-noun|mediātor<3>|f=mediātrīx}} mediātor m (genitive mediātōris, feminine mediātrīx); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|mediātor<3>}} Forms: mediātor [canonical, masculine], mediātōris [genitive], mediātrīx [feminine], no-table-tags [table-tags], mediātor [nominative, singular], mediātōrēs [nominative, plural], mediātōris [genitive, singular], mediātōrum [genitive, plural], mediātōrī [dative, singular], mediātōribus [dative, plural], mediātōrem [accusative, singular], mediātōrēs [accusative, plural], mediātōre [ablative, singular], mediātōribus [ablative, plural], mediātor [singular, vocative], mediātōrēs [plural, vocative]
  1. mediator, intermediary, go-between Tags: declension-3
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