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Latin
Etymology
prō- + cantō (“enchant, call forth by charms”) + -tor
Noun
prōcantātor m (genitive prōcantātōris); third declension
- (Late Latin) magician, enchanter
c. 3rd century CE, Didascalia Apostolorum; republished as Didascalia Apostolorum: the Syriac Version Translated and Accompanied by the Verona Latin Fragments, 2009, page 71:fecit sibi pitones et procantatores et praescios- he made for himself soothsayers and enchanters and diviners
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- Souter, Alexander (1949) “procantator”, in A Glossary of Later Latin to 600 A.D., 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, published 1957, page 323