Latin

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Etymology

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From rēgnō (to rule) +‎ -tor (-er, suffix forming agent nouns).

Noun

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rēgnātor m (genitive rēgnātōris); third declension

  1. king, ruler
    • Aeneid, Vergil, IV:269
      regnator, caelum et terras qui numine torquet.
      king, who bends heaven and earth to his will.

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative rēgnātor rēgnātōrēs
Genitive rēgnātōris rēgnātōrum
Dative rēgnātōrī rēgnātōribus
Accusative rēgnātōrem rēgnātōrēs
Ablative rēgnātōre rēgnātōribus
Vocative rēgnātor rēgnātōrēs
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Verb

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rēgnātor

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

References

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  • regnator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • regnator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • regnator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.