natatorius

Latin

Etymology

From natātus +‎ -tōrius, the stem being the perfect passive participle of natō (“I swim”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /na.taːˈtoː.ri.us/, [nät̪äːˈt̪oːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /na.taˈto.ri.us/, [nät̪äˈt̪ɔːrius]

Adjective

natātōrius (feminine natātōria, neuter natātōrium); first/second-declension adjective

1. (relational) swimmer, swimming

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	natātōrius	natātōria	natātōrium		natātōriī	natātōriae	natātōria
genitive	natātōriī	natātōriae	natātōriī		natātōriōrum	natātōriārum	natātōriōrum
dative	natātōriō	natātōriae	natātōriō		natātōriīs
accusative	natātōrium	natātōriam	natātōrium		natātōriōs	natātōriās	natātōria
ablative	natātōriō	natātōriā	natātōriō		natātōriīs
vocative	natātōrie	natātōria	natātōrium		natātōriī	natātōriae	natātōria

Related terms

• natātor

Descendants

• Italian: natatorio
• Spanish: nadadera, natatorio

References

• “natatorius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• natatorius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.