procantator
Latin
editEtymology
editprō- + cantō (“enchant, call forth by charms”) + -tor
Noun
editprōcantātor m (genitive prōcantātōris); third declension
- (Late Latin) magician, enchanter
- c. 3rd century CE, Didascalia Apostolorum; republished as Didascalia Apostolorum: the Syriac Version Translated and Accompanied by the Verona Latin Fragments, 2009, page 71:
- fecit sibi pitones et procantatores et praescios
- he made for himself soothsayers and enchanters and diviners
Declension
editThird-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | prōcantātor | prōcantātōrēs |
Genitive | prōcantātōris | prōcantātōrum |
Dative | prōcantātōrī | prōcantātōribus |
Accusative | prōcantātōrem | prōcantātōrēs |
Ablative | prōcantātōre | prōcantātōribus |
Vocative | prōcantātor | prōcantātōrēs |
References
edit- Souter, Alexander (1949) “procantator”, in A Glossary of Later Latin to 600 A.D.[1], 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, published 1957, page 323