zelator

English

Etymology

Latin

Noun

zelator (plural zelators)

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

See also

• zealot, zelatrix

Latin

Etymology

From zēlō (“love ardently”) +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /zeːˈlaː.tor/, [d̪͡z̪eːˈɫ̪äːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /d͡zeˈla.tor/, [d̪͡z̪eˈläːt̪or]

Noun

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

1. zealous person; zealot

Declension

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

• 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’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

Etymology

Borrowed from French zélateur.

Noun

zelator m (plural zelatori)

1. zealot

Declension

Declension of zelator

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) zelator	zelatorul	(niște) zelatori	zelatorii
genitive/dative	(unui) zelator	zelatorului	(unor) zelatori	zelatorilor
vocative	zelatorule		zelatorilor