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Etymology edit

Latin

Noun edit

zelator (plural zelators)

  1. A zealot; the male counterpart of a zelatrix.

See also edit

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From zēlō (love ardently) +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

zēlātor m (genitive zēlātōris); third declension

  1. zealous person; zealot

Declension edit

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative zēlātor zēlātōrēs
Genitive zēlātōris zēlātōrum
Dative zēlātōrī zēlātōribus
Accusative zēlātōrem zēlātōrēs
Ablative zēlātōre zēlātōribus
Vocative zēlātor zēlātōrēs

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Catalan: zelador
  • French: zélateur
  • Italian: zelatore
  • Portuguese: zelador

References edit

  • zelator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • zelator 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)
  • zelator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • zelator in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French zélateur.

Noun edit

zelator m (plural zelatori)

  1. zealot

Declension edit