Meaning of -ator | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Enlarged form of -tor, used to form agent nouns; -ator, -er
   morpheme
2. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of -ō (first conjugation)
   form-of, future, imperative, morpheme, passive, second-person, singular, third-person

Examples

“gladius (“sword”) + -ātor → gladiātor (“gladiator”)”

“malleus (“hammer”) + -ātor → malleātor (“hammerer”)”

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