apparitor

== English == === Alternative forms === apparator paritor (obsolete) === Etymology === Latin appāritor (“public servant”), from appareo (“I wait upon”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /əˈpæɹitɚ/ === Noun === apparitor (plural apparitors) (historical) An officer who attended magistrates and judges to execute their orders. A messenger or officer who serves the process of an ecclesiastical court. === References === “apparitor”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Latin == === Alternative forms === adpāritor === Etymology === From appāreō (“wait upon”) +‎ -tor (“-er”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [apˈpaː.rɪ.tɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [apˈpaː.ri.tor] === Noun === appāritor m (genitive appāritōris); third declension a gatekeeper Synonym: cūstos a public servant Synonym: familiāris a servant, secretary, lictor, deputy Synonym: stator ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== appāritiō ==== Descendants ==== French: appariteur === References === “apparitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “apparitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “apparitor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.