aemulator

Latin

Etymology

From aemulor (“I rival, emulate”) +‎ -tor (“-er”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ae̯.muˈlaː.tor/, [äe̯mʊˈɫ̪äːt̪ɔr]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.muˈla.tor/, [emuˈläːt̪or]

Noun

aemulātor m (genitive aemulātōris, feminine aemulātrīx); third declension

emulator, imitator
rival

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	aemulātor	aemulātōrēs
Genitive	aemulātōris	aemulātōrum
Dative	aemulātōrī	aemulātōribus
Accusative	aemulātōrem	aemulātōrēs
Ablative	aemulātōre	aemulātōribus
Vocative	aemulātor	aemulātōrēs

Descendants

English: emulator
French: émulateur
Galician: emulador
Italian: emulatore
Portuguese: emulador
Romanian: emulator
Spanish: emulador

Verb

aemulātor

second/third-person singular future active imperative of aemulor

References

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

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