stator

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English

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Etymology

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From stationary or static by analogy with rotor; alternatively from a hypothetical Latin stātor (literally stander); all ultimately from stāre (to stand).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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stator (plural stators)

  1. The stationary part of a motor or other machine.
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Anagrams

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French

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Noun

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stator m (plural stators)

  1. stator

Further reading

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Latin

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Etymology

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stō (to stand) +‎ -tor

Pronunciation

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Noun

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stator m (genitive statōris); third declension

  1. an attendant or servant to a magistrate or proconsul; a messenger, orderly

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative stator statōrēs
Genitive statōris statōrum
Dative statōrī statōribus
Accusative statōrem statōrēs
Ablative statōre statōribus
Vocative stator statōrēs

References

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  • stator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • stator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • stator”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • stator”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  • stator”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin