zelator

English

Etymology

From Latin zēlātor.

Noun

zelator (plural zelators)

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

See also

• zealot, zelatrix

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin zēlus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin zēlō

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin zēlātor

From zēlō (“love ardently”) + -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [zeːˈɫaː.tɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [d͡zeˈlaː.tor]

Noun

zēlātor m (genitive zēlātōris, feminine zēlātrīx); third declension

1. zealous person; zealot

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	zēlātor	zēlātōrēs
genitive	zēlātōris	zēlātōrum
dative	zēlātōrī	zēlātōribus
accusative	zēlātōrem	zēlātōrēs
ablative	zēlātōre	zēlātōribus
vocative	zēlātor	zēlātōrēs

Related terms

• zēlanter
• zēlō
• zēlōtes
• zēlotypa
• zēlotypia
• zēlotypus
• zēlus

Descendants

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

References

• “zelator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "zelator", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, 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 (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French zélateur.

Noun

zelator m (plural zelatori)

1. zealot

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	zelator	zelatorul	zelatori	zelatorii
genitive-dative	zelator	zelatorului	zelatori	zelatorilor
vocative	zelatorule		zelatorilor