tornator

Latin

Etymology 1

tornāre +‎ -tor.

Alternative forms

• torneātor (Medieval Latin)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /torˈnaː.tor/, [t̪ɔrˈnäːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /torˈna.tor/, [t̪orˈnäːt̪or]

Noun

tornātor m (genitive tornātōris, feminine tornātrīx); third declension

1. (Late Latin, Medieval Latin) turner

   Synonym: (Medieval) rotārius

   • c. 334 CE – 337 CE, Julius Firmicus Maternus, Matheseos Libri VIII Liber IV.Cap XIII.2:

     Si vero a Venere defluens minuta lumine ad Mercurium feratur, vitia impuritates valitudinesque decernit, actus vero varios multiplicesque faciet: aut oratores aut tornatores aut plastas aut sculptores faciet <aut> pigmentarios aut coloris repertores aut farmacopolas aut popinarios facit et qui alienarum voluptatum et delectationum curam sollicitudinemque sustineant.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tornātor	tornātōrēs
Genitive	tornātōris	tornātōrum
Dative	tornātōrī	tornātōribus
Accusative	tornātōrem	tornātōrēs
Ablative	tornātōre	tornātōribus
Vocative	tornātor	tornātōrēs

Etymology 2

Verb

tornātor

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

References

• “tornator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• tornator 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)
• tornator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.