saltator

See also: Saltator

English

Black-headed saltator, Saltator atriceps

Wikispecies

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

saltator (plural saltators)

1. One of several passerine birds in the genus Saltator.

Latin

Etymology 1

From saltō +‎ -tor.

Noun

saltātor m (genitive saltātōris, feminine saltātrīx); third declension

1. dancer

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	saltātor	saltātōrēs
Genitive	saltātōris	saltātōrum
Dative	saltātōrī	saltātōribus
Accusative	saltātōrem	saltātōrēs
Ablative	saltātōre	saltātōribus
Vocative	saltātor	saltātōrēs

Derived terms

• saltātōrius

Related terms

• saltātrīx

Etymology 2

Verb

saltātor

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

References

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