Dictionary formsenator, senatoris(masculine)
Translation
senator, member of the senate
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Grammar
Cases
| Case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativethe subject | senator | senatores |
| Vocativecalling someone: O ... | senator | senatores |
| Accusativethe direct object; after ad, in (into), per | senatorem | senatores |
| Genitiveof | senatoris | senatorum |
| Dativeto, for | senatori | senatoribus |
| Ablativeby, with, from; after a, ab, cum, de, e, ex, in (in), sine | senatore | senatoribus |
Examples
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The senator came into the senate house.
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My father was a senator.
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The senators did not listen to the consul.
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Nobody understood what the senator said.
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I sent a letter to the senator.
Senator, senatoris is third declension masculine, built on senex, "old man": the senate was in origin a council of elders, and the word never quite forgot it. The stem is senator- all the way through, so senatorem, senatori, senatores and senatorum hold no surprises once you have the genitive.
A senator sat in the senatus, usually for life, met in the curia, and from 218 BC was barred by the lex Claudia from owning a large sea-going ship, which tells you how much trading the Roman aristocracy then did through other people. The formal address to the whole body was patres conscripti, "enrolled fathers", not senatores.
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