sectator

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sectātor, from sector, frequentative of sequor (“follow”).

Pronunciation

Noun

sectator (plural sectators)

  1. (now rare) A follower, a disciple; someone who follows a particular school; partisan.
    • 1662, Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, section II:
      But that the Earth, Water, Air, are of a nature equally constituted immoveable about the centre, is it not the opinion of your self, Aristotle, Ptolomy, and all their sectators?

References

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

sectātor m (genitive sectātōris, feminine sectātrīx); third declension

  1. follower, attendant, adherent

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative sectātor sectātōrēs
genitive sectātōris sectātōrum
dative sectātōrī sectātōribus
accusative sectātōrem sectātōrēs
ablative sectātōre sectātōribus
vocative sectātor sectātōrēs

Verb

sectātor

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

Further reading

  • “sectator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “sectator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "sectator", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Romanian

Etymology

    Borrowed from French sectateur.

    Noun

    sectator m (plural sectatori, feminine equivalent sectatoare)

    1. sectator

    Declension

    singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative-accusative sectator sectatorul sectatori sectatorii
    genitive-dative sectator sectatorului sectatori sectatorilor
    vocative sectatorule sectatorilor

    References

    • sectator in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
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