"-ator" meaning in Latin

See -ator in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Forms: -atorēs [plural, nominative], -atorēs [plural, vocative], -atorem [singular, accusative], -atorēs [plural, accusative], -atoris [singular, genitive], -atorum [plural, genitive], -atorī [singular, dative], -atoribus [plural, dative], -atorĕ [singular, ablative], -atoribus [plural, ablative], -atrix [feminine]
  1. Suffixe nominal.
    Sense id: fr--ator-la-suffix-bf3ARelr
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Suffixes en latin, Latin
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    "Souvent (et faussement) présenté comme le dérivé de actor (« celui qui agit »), ce suffixe verbal latin est une vue de l’esprit grammaticale dans les langues issues du latin (→ voir -eur et -ateur en français, -ador en espagnol et portugais, -ator en anglais).",
    "En latin, l’acteur du verbe d’action se construit avec le suffixe -or et le radical du supin. Pour les verbes du premier groupe (les plus fréquents), cela correspond au radical du verbe auquel sont suffixés -at et -or soit -ator.",
    "Comparez les mots issus de verbes du premier groupe, dictator ou imperator avec ceux des autres groupes comme actor dérivé de ago, motor dérivé de moveo, molitor dérivé de molo, etc."
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      ]
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      "form": "-atoribus",
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      ]
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      ]
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    {
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        "plural",
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    "Souvent (et faussement) présenté comme le dérivé de actor (« celui qui agit »), ce suffixe verbal latin est une vue de l’esprit grammaticale dans les langues issues du latin (→ voir -eur et -ateur en français, -ador en espagnol et portugais, -ator en anglais).",
    "En latin, l’acteur du verbe d’action se construit avec le suffixe -or et le radical du supin. Pour les verbes du premier groupe (les plus fréquents), cela correspond au radical du verbe auquel sont suffixés -at et -or soit -ator.",
    "Comparez les mots issus de verbes du premier groupe, dictator ou imperator avec ceux des autres groupes comme actor dérivé de ago, motor dérivé de moveo, molitor dérivé de molo, etc."
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    },
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      "form": "-atorum",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-atorī",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "dative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-atoribus",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "dative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "-atorĕ",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "ablative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-atoribus",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "ablative"
      ]
    },
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