"orator" meaning in Latin

See orator in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [oːˈraː.tɔr] [Classical-Latin], [oˈraː.t̪or] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From ōrō + -tor. Etymology templates: {{af|la|ōrō|-tor}} ōrō + -tor Head templates: {{la-noun|ōrātor<3>|f=ōrātrīx}} ōrātor m (genitive ōrātōris, feminine ōrātrīx); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|ōrātor<3>}} Forms: ōrātor [canonical, masculine], ōrātōris [genitive], ōrātrīx [feminine], no-table-tags [table-tags], ōrātor [nominative, singular], ōrātōrēs [nominative, plural], ōrātōris [genitive, singular], ōrātōrum [genitive, plural], ōrātōrī [dative, singular], ōrātōribus [dative, plural], ōrātōrem [accusative, singular], ōrātōrēs [accusative, plural], ōrātōre [ablative, singular], ōrātōribus [ablative, plural], ōrātor [singular, vocative], ōrātōrēs [plural, vocative]
  1. An orator, speaker. Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-orator-la-noun-m22Uve4q Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 35 29 37
  2. A spokesman, spokesperson. Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-orator-la-noun-Q33OFu0- Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 35 29 37
  3. An ambassador (one entrusted with an oral message)) Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-orator-la-noun-JWnEeLXB Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the third declension, Latin terms suffixed with -tor, Rhetoric Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 15 6 79 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 35 29 37 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -tor: 34 13 54 Disambiguation of Rhetoric: 28 28 44
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0
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          "expansion": "Galician: orador",
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      "text": "Galician: orador"
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      "text": "→ Russian: ора́тор (orátor)"
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      "ipa": "[oːˈraː.tɔr]",
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      "ipa": "[oˈraː.t̪or]",
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        "An orator, speaker."
      ],
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