Latin

Noun

dator m ‎(genitive datōris); third declension

1. Someone who gives; a giver, donor or patron

Inflection

Third declension.

Verb

dator

1. second-person singular future passive imperative of dō
2. third-person singular future passive imperative of dō

References

• dator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• dator in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “dator”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• dator in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Romanian

Alternative forms

• datoriu (archaic)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin root *debtoriu < *dēbitōrius for Latin dēbitor ‎(“debtor”), ultimately from dēbitum ‎(“debt”), from dēbeō ‎(“to owe”); influenced by the verb da ‎(“to give”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daˈtor/

Adjective

dator m, n ‎(feminine singular datoare, masculine plural datori, feminine and neuter plural datoare)

1. indebted (to)
2. obliged (to)
3. owing money

Declension

Derived terms

• datora

Related terms

• datorie

Swedish

Etymology

Proposed in 1968 by professor Börje Langefors, as a parallel to doktor and traktor, based on data. Earlier Swedish words for computer were kalkylator, matematikmaskin, elektronhjärna and datamaskin, the later often colloquially abbreviated to data.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɑːtɔr/

Noun

dator c

1. a computer, a data processing machine
2. indefinite plural of data

Declension

Usage notes

• The somewhat common synonym data is usually considered incorrect.

Synonyms

• datamaskin (rare)