salisator
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From *salisō (“to jump”) + -tor.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /sa.liˈsaː.tor/, [s̠älʲɪˈs̠äːt̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sa.liˈsa.tor/, [säliˈs̬äːt̪or]
Noun edit
salisātor m (genitive salisātōris); third declension (hapax)
- a superstitious person who takes the twitching of body parts as omen
- c. 600 CE – 625 CE, Isidorus Hispalensis, Etymologiae 8.9.29:
- Salisātōrēs vocātī sunt, quia dum eīs membrōrum quaecumque partēs salierint, aliquid sibi exinde prosperum seu trīste sīgnificāre praedīcunt.
- Salisatores are called so because they immediately predict it to mean something either fortunate or unfortunate for themselves when any body part of theirs twitches.
- Salisātōrēs vocātī sunt, quia dum eīs membrōrum quaecumque partēs salierint, aliquid sibi exinde prosperum seu trīste sīgnificāre praedīcunt.
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | salisātor | salisātōrēs |
| Genitive | salisātōris | salisātōrum |
| Dative | salisātōrī | salisātōribus |
| Accusative | salisātōrem | salisātōrēs |
| Ablative | salisātōre | salisātōribus |
| Vocative | salisātor | salisātōrēs |
Related terms edit
References edit
- “salisator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- salisator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.