conflator

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /konˈflaː.tor/, [kõːˈfɫ̪äːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈfla.tor/, [koɱˈfläːt̪or]

Etymology 1

From cōnflō (“to forge, melt, refine”) (supine stem cōnflāt-) +‎ -tor.

Noun

cōnflātor m (genitive cōnflātōris); third declension

1. metal-caster

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cōnflātor	cōnflātōrēs
Genitive	cōnflātōris	cōnflātōrum
Dative	cōnflātōrī	cōnflātōribus
Accusative	cōnflātōrem	cōnflātōrēs
Ablative	cōnflātōre	cōnflātōribus
Vocative	cōnflātor	cōnflātōrēs

Etymology 2

Verb

cōnflātor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of cōnflō

References

• “conflator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• conflator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• conflator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.