gladiator

• gladiatour (obsolete)

From Latin gladiātor, from gladius (“sword”). See also English gladius.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlædiˌeɪtɚ/

gladiator (plural gladiators)

1. (in ancient Rome) A person (professional or slave) who entertained the public by engaging in mortal combat with another, or with a wild animal.
2. (by extension) A disputant in a public controversy or debate.
3. A professional boxer.

• gladiatrix
• gladiolus

gladiator c (definite singular gladiatoren, indefinite plural gladiatorer, definite plural gladiatorerne)

1. gladiator

From Latin gladiātor, from gladius (“sword”).

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• Hyphenation: gla‧di‧a‧tor

gladiator m (plural gladiatoren or gladiators, diminutive gladiatortje n)

1. gladiator; entertainer who engages in mortal combat

Derived from gladi(us) (“sword”) +‎ -ātor (“-ator”, agent noun suffix).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɡla.diˈaː.tor/, [ɡɫa.dɪˈaː.tɔr]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ɡla.diˈa.tor/, [ɡla.diˈaː.tor]

gladiātor m (genitive gladiātōris); third declension

1. gladiator, swordsman
2. vocative singular of gladiātor

Third declension.

• (gladiator): prōvocātor, rētiārius, secūtor, thraex

• gladiātōriē
• gladiātōrium
• gladiātūra

• gladiolus
• gladius

• gladiator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• gladiator in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• gladiator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• gladiator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to give a gladiatorial show: gladiatores dare
    
  • at the gladiatorial games: gladiatoribus (Att. 2. 19. 3)
    

gladiator m (definite singular gladiatoren, indefinite plural gladiatorer, definite plural gladiatorene)

1. gladiator

• gladiatorkamp

gladiator m (definite singular gladiatoren, indefinite plural gladiatorar, definite plural gladiatorane)

1. gladiator

• gladiatorkamp

gladiator c

1. gladiator; entertainer who engaged in mortal combat