circulator

English

Etymology

From circulate + -or.

Pronunciation

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Noun

circulator (plural circulators)

1. A person or thing that causes something to circulate

   Who is the circulator of this rumor?

2. (transport) A local transit system that provides regular service within a closed loop

   You can ride the airport circulator to the next terminal.

3. (electronics) A passive electronic component with three or more ports, in which the ports can be accessed in such a way that when a signal is fed into any port it is transferred to the next port only

Derived terms

• thermocirculator

See also

• circulator on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• corticular

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.

Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos)bor.

Latin circus

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -ulus

Latin circulus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin circulor

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin circulātor

From circulor + -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɪr.kʊˈɫaː.tɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃir.kuˈlaː.tor]

Noun

circulātor m (genitive circulātōris, feminine circulātrix); third declension

1. itinerant peddler or performer
2. mountebank, quack

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	circulātor	circulātōrēs
genitive	circulātōris	circulātōrum
dative	circulātōrī	circulātōribus
accusative	circulātōrem	circulātōrēs
ablative	circulātōre	circulātōribus
vocative	circulātor	circulātōrēs

Derived terms

• circulātōrius
• circulātrīx

Verb

circulātor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of circulō

References

• “circulator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “circulator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "circulator", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “circulator”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “circulator”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• circulator in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French circulatoire, from Latin circulatorius. Equivalent to circula +‎ -tor.

Adjective

circulator m or n (feminine singular circulatoare, masculine plural circulatori, feminine/neuter plural circulatoare)

1. circulatory

Declension

Declension of circulator

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	circulator		circulatoare	circulatori	circulatoare
	definite	circulatorul		circulatoarea	circulatorii	circulatoarele
genitive- dative	indefinite	circulator		circulatoare	circulatori	circulatoare
	definite	circulatorului		circulatoarei	circulatorilor	circulatoarelor