temperator

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /tem.peˈraː.tor/, [t̪ɛmpɛˈräːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tem.peˈra.tor/, [t̪empeˈräːt̪or]

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

1. (very rare) one who duly arranges, orders, or governs

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	temperātor	temperātōrēs
genitive	temperātōris	temperātōrum
dative	temperātōrī	temperātōribus
accusative	temperātōrem	temperātōrēs
ablative	temperātōre	temperātōribus
vocative	temperātor	temperātōrēs

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^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Etymology 2

Regularly conjugated forms of temperō.

Verb

temperātor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of temperō