negotiator

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin negōtiātor (merchant, banker), equivalent to negotiate + -ator

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɪˈɡoʊ.ʃi.eɪ.ɾɚ/

Noun

negotiator (plural negotiators)

  1. One who negotiates.
  2. A diplomat, moderator.

Translations

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Latin

Etymology

From negōtior (do business)

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ne.ɡoː.tiˈaː.tor/, [nɛ.ɡoː.tɪˈaː.tɔr]

Noun

negōtiātor m (genitive negōtiātōris); third declension

  1. merchant, dealer, trader
  2. banker

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative negōtiātor negōtiātōrēs
Genitive negōtiātōris negōtiātōrum
Dative negōtiātōrī negōtiātōribus
Accusative negōtiātōrem negōtiātōrēs
Ablative negōtiātōre negōtiātōribus
Vocative negōtiātor negōtiātōrēs

Derived terms

  • negōtiātorius

Descendants

References

  • negotiator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • negotiator in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • negotiator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • business-men: negotiatores (Verr. 2. 69. 168)
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