"viator" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: [wiˈaː.tɔr] [Classical-Latin], [viˈaː.tor] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From viō (“to travel”) + -tor, from via (“road, path”). Etymology templates: {{af|la|viō|-tor|t1=to travel}} viō (“to travel”) + -tor Head templates: {{la-noun|viātor<3>|f=viātrīx}} viātor m (genitive viātōris, feminine viātrīx); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|viātor<3>}} Forms: viātor [canonical, masculine], viātōris [genitive], viātrīx [feminine], no-table-tags [table-tags], viātor [nominative, singular], viātōrēs [nominative, plural], viātōris [genitive, singular], viātōrum [genitive, plural], viātōrī [dative, singular], viātōribus [dative, plural], viātōrem [accusative, singular], viātōrēs [accusative, plural], viātōre [ablative, singular], viātōribus [ablative, plural], viātor [singular, vocative], viātōrēs [plural, vocative]
  1. traveller, wayfarer Tags: declension-3 Coordinate_terms: viātrīx
    Sense id: en-viator-la-noun-drW4AvAg
  2. summoner, messenger: an officer employed by the state for taking messages, etc. Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-viator-la-noun-0NKj2rbv 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: 11 89 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 39 61 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -tor: 20 80
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: via
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      "form": "viātōrēs",
      "source": "declension",
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    {
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      "form": "viātōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
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    },
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      "form": "viātōrī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
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    },
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      "form": "viātōribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "viātōrem",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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          "_dis": "39 61",
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          "_dis": "20 80",
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        {
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          "ref": "106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Cato Maior de Senectute 16.56",
          "text": "Ā vīllā in Senātum arcessēbātur et Curius et cēterī senēs; ex quō, quī eōs arcessēbant viātōrēs nōminātī sunt.",
          "translation": "Curius and other elders were summoned from their country estates to the Senate; it is for this reason that [the officials] who used to summon them were given the name viatores, [or “travelers.”]\n(In other words, such duties meant that the summoners were always “on the road” or via.)",
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    {
      "ipa": "[viˈaː.tor]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
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}
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    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
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        "table-tags"
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      "form": "viātōrum",
      "source": "declension",
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    },
    {
      "form": "viātōrī",
      "source": "declension",
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    },
    {
      "form": "viātōribus",
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        "dative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "viātōrem",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "viātōribus",
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    },
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      "form": "viātor",
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  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "via"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        {
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          "ref": "106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Cato Maior de Senectute 16.56",
          "text": "Ā vīllā in Senātum arcessēbātur et Curius et cēterī senēs; ex quō, quī eōs arcessēbant viātōrēs nōminātī sunt.",
          "translation": "Curius and other elders were summoned from their country estates to the Senate; it is for this reason that [the officials] who used to summon them were given the name viatores, [or “travelers.”]\n(In other words, such duties meant that the summoners were always “on the road” or via.)",
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      "ipa": "[viˈaː.tor]",
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    }
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}

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