medicator

English

Noun

medicator (plural medicators)

Any medical appliance.

Derived terms

self-medicator

Anagrams

decimator, macrotide, mediocrat, mercadito

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /me.diˈkaː.tor/, [mɛd̪ɪˈkäːt̪ɔr]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /me.diˈka.tor/, [med̪iˈkäːt̪or]

Etymology 1

From medicō (“to heal, cure”) +‎ -tor (“-er”, agent noun suffix).

Noun

medicātor m (genitive medicātōris, feminine medicātrīx); third declension

(Late Latin) physician

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	medicātor	medicātōrēs
Genitive	medicātōris	medicātōrum
Dative	medicātōrī	medicātōribus
Accusative	medicātōrem	medicātōrēs
Ablative	medicātōre	medicātōribus
Vocative	medicātor	medicātōrēs

Descendants

Italian: medicatore

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

medicātor

second/third-person singular future passive imperative of medicō

References

“medicator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
medicator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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