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Latin
Etymology
From littera + -tor.
Pronunciation
Noun
litterātor m (genitive litterātōris); third declension
- teacher of reading, writing and grammar (especially at a ludus litterarius, an elementary level school for the young plebeian children)
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- “litterator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “litterator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- litterator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- litterator in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016