"senator" meaning in Latin

See senator in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [sɛˈnaː.tɔr] [Classical-Latin], [seˈnaː.tor] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From senātus (“senate”) + -tor, originally from senex (“old”). Etymology templates: {{suf|la|senātus|tor|t1=senate}} senātus (“senate”) + -tor Head templates: {{la-noun|senātor<3>|f=senātrīx}} senātor m (genitive senātōris, feminine senātrīx); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|senātor<3>}} Forms: senātor [canonical, masculine], senātōris [genitive], senātrīx [feminine], no-table-tags [table-tags], senātor [nominative, singular], senātōrēs [nominative, plural], senātōris [genitive, singular], senātōrum [genitive, plural], senātōrī [dative, singular], senātōribus [dative, plural], senātōrem [accusative, singular], senātōrēs [accusative, plural], senātōre [ablative, singular], senātōribus [ablative, plural], senātor [singular, vocative], senātōrēs [plural, vocative]
  1. (politics) senator (a member of the Roman Senate) Tags: declension-3 Derived forms: senāculum, senātōrius, senātrīx Related terms: senātus, seneciō, senectus, seneō, senex
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