lociservator
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From locus (“place”) + servātor (“observer”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /lo.ki.serˈu̯aː.tor/, [ɫ̪ɔkɪs̠ɛrˈu̯äːt̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /lo.t͡ʃi.serˈva.tor/, [lot͡ʃis̬erˈväːt̪or]
Noun edit
lociservātor m (genitive lociservātōris); third declension
- (Medieval Latin, in general use) a delegate, deputy, representative, stand-in, or substitute
- (Medieval Latin, in specific historical use, in the Kingdom of the Lombards) an official subordinate to a count or duke
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | lociservātor | lociservātōrēs |
| Genitive | lociservātōris | lociservātōrum |
| Dative | lociservātōrī | lociservātōribus |
| Accusative | lociservātōrem | lociservātōrēs |
| Ablative | lociservātōre | lociservātōribus |
| Vocative | lociservātor | lociservātōrēs |
Synonyms edit
- (in the Kingdom of the Lombards: a subordinate of a count or duke): locipositus
Related terms edit
References edit
- lociservator 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)
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “lociservator”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 618/2