miserator

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [mɪ.sɛˈraː.tɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [mi.s̬eˈraː.tor]

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mh₂isros?

Proto-Italic *misseros

Latin miser

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -or

Latin miseror

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin miserātor

From miseror (“to lament, bewail”) + -tor.

Noun

miserātor m (genitive miserātōris, feminine miserātrīx); third declension

1. one who pities, commiserator

   in nōmine Deī Misericordis Miserātōris

   In the name of God, the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	miserātor	miserātōrēs
genitive	miserātōris	miserātōrum
dative	miserātōrī	miserātōribus
accusative	miserātōrem	miserātōrēs
ablative	miserātōre	miserātōribus
vocative	miserātor	miserātōrēs

Coordinate terms

• miserātrīx

Etymology 2

Verb

miserātor

1. second/third-person singular future active imperative of miseror

References

• “miserator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “miserator”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.