venditator

Latin

Etymology 1

From vēnditō (“offer for sale”, verb) +‎ -atōr (agent suffix).

Noun

venditātor m (genitive venditātōris); third declension

  1. a boaster, braggart
  2. a person who tries to push or promote something.
    • c. 100 CE – 110 CE, Tacitus, Histories I.49:
      famae nec incuriosus nec venditator
      neither neglectful nor a pusher of his fame.
Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative venditātor venditātōrēs
genitive venditātōris venditātōrum
dative venditātōrī venditātōribus
accusative venditātōrem venditātōrēs
ablative venditātōre venditātōribus
vocative venditātor venditātōrēs

Etymology 2

Verb

vēnditātor

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

References

  • “venditator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “venditator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “venditator”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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