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Latin
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
temperāt- (perfect passive participial stem of temperō, “I arrange, order, or govern”) + -(t)or (forms masculine agent nouns)
Noun
temperātor m (genitive temperātōris); third declension
- (very rare) one who duly arranges, orders, or governs
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- “tempĕrātor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “temperator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- temperator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- temperator in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Etymology 2
Regularly conjugated forms of temperō.
Verb
temperātor
- second/third-person singular future passive imperative of temperō