ambasciator
Italian
Noun
ambasciator m (apocopated)
- apocopic form of ambasciatore; only used in ambasciator non porta pena
Latin
Alternative forms
- ambasiātor, ambassiātor, ambactiātor, ambassātor, ambaxiātor, ambaxātor, ambasitor
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *ambahtaz (“servant”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [am.bas.kiˈaː.tɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [am.baʃ.ʃiˈaː.tor]
Noun
ambasciātor m (genitive ambasciātōris); third declension (Medieval Latin)
- ambassador
- Synonym: (classical) legātus
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ambasciātor | ambasciātōrēs |
| genitive | ambasciātōris | ambasciātōrum |
| dative | ambasciātōrī | ambasciātōribus |
| accusative | ambasciātōrem | ambasciātōrēs |
| ablative | ambasciātōre | ambasciātōribus |
| vocative | ambasciātor | ambasciātōrēs |
References
- "ambasiator", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “ambasciator”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 39
- R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “ambasciator”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC