English

Noun

ablator ‎(plural ablators)

1. A material that ablates, vaporizes, wears away, burns off, erodes, or abrades. [Mid 20^th century.]^[1]

Translations

References

1. ↑ Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 5

Latin

Etymology

From ablātus, perfect passive participle of auferō ‎(“carry off, take away”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈblaː.tor/, [aˈbɫaː.tɔr]

Noun

ablātor m ‎(genitive ablātōris); third declension

1. One who takes away.

Inflection

Third declension.

Related terms

• ablātiō
• ablātīvus
• ablātus
• auferō

Descendants

• English: ablator
• Portuguese: ablator

References

• ablator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ABLATOR in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)