pacificator

English

Etymology

From Latin pācificātor.

Noun

pacificator (plural pacificators)

1. A peacemaker, a pacifier.
   • 1905, Rossiter Johnson, The Great Events by Famous Historians, Vol. 8‎^[1]:

     Instead of his services being appreciated, he was accused as a usurper and intruder; he was made responsible for the injuries and prejudices of which his accuser loudly complained; and the founder and pacificator of the Darien was to be prosecuted for the criminal charges brought against him.

Latin

Etymology

From pācificō (“I make or negotiate a peace; pacify”) +‎ -tor, from pāx (“peace”) + faciō (“I do, make”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /paː.ki.fiˈkaː.tor/, [päːkɪfɪˈkäːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pa.t͡ʃi.fiˈka.tor/, [pät͡ʃifiˈkäːt̪or]

Noun

pācificātor m (genitive pācificātōris, feminine pācificātrīx); third declension

1. peacemaker, pacifier, pacificator

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pācificātor	pācificātōrēs
Genitive	pācificātōris	pācificātōrum
Dative	pācificātōrī	pācificātōribus
Accusative	pācificātōrem	pācificātōrēs
Ablative	pācificātōre	pācificātōribus
Vocative	pācificātor	pācificātōrēs

Synonyms

• (pacifier): pācātor

Derived terms

• pācificātōrius

Related terms

• pācifer
• pācificus
• pācificātio
• pācificē
• pācificō
• pācālis
• pācātiō
• pācātor
• pācātrīx
• pācātum
• pācātus
• pācātē
• pācātōrius
• pācō
• pāx

 

Descendants

• → Catalan: pacificador
• → French: pacificateur
  • → Romanian: pacificator
• → Galician: pacificador
• → Italian: pacificatore
• → Occitan: pacificador
• → Portuguese: pacificador
• → Spanish: pacificador

References

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French pacificateur. Equivalent to pacifica +‎ -tor.

Noun

pacificator m (plural pacificatori)

1. pacifier

Declension

Declension of pacificator

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) pacificator	pacificatorul	(niște) pacificatori	pacificatorii
genitive/dative	(unui) pacificator	pacificatorului	(unor) pacificatori	pacificatorilor
vocative	pacificatorule		pacificatorilor