commentator

== English == === Alternative forms === commentatour (archaic) === Etymology === In form, from Middle English commentator, from Latin commentātor (“author, inventor, interpreter, jailer”), from commentātus + -or (“-er: forming agent nouns”), from commentāri (“to ponder, to study, to write upon”), from comminīscor (“to think over, to invent”) + -tārī (“to frequently be ~ed”). In meaning, influenced by comment and commentary. By surface analysis, comment +‎ -ator. === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɑmənˌteɪtəɹ/ (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɒmənˌteɪtə/ === Noun === commentator (plural commentators) A person who makes a commentary, particularly (rare, obsolete) Synonym of historian or chronicler, a person who compiles an annotated history. [1475] A person who compiles explanations and critical notes on a text. [1641] (law) A person who compiles explanations of the law, particularly (historical) comparatively innovative European jurists in the 14th century, as opposed to earlier glossators. (Christianity) A person who compiles explanations of biblical passages. (media, sports) A person who provides an instantaneous description of a public event, particularly a sporting event, for a mass media audience. [1928] (media) A person who provides analysis or opinion on current events, especially for a mass media audience. [1938] ==== Synonyms ==== (expositor on law or scripture): interpreter (obsolete) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === “commentator, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. == Latin == === Etymology 1 === From commentor +‎ -tor. In the medieval sense of “jailer”, from the jailer’s duty of writing commentārii (“memoranda”) with records of those held in custody. ==== Noun ==== commentātor m (genitive commentātōris); third declension (Late Latin) inventor, author (Late Latin) interpreter (Medieval Latin) jailer ===== Declension ===== Third-declension noun. ===== Coordinate terms ===== commentātrīx === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== commentātor second/third-person singular future active imperative of commentor === References === “commentator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "commentator", 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) “commentator”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Souter, Alexander (1949), “commentator”, in A Glossary of Later Latin to 600 A.D.‎[1], 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, published 1957, page 62 Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “commentator”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 217 commentator in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016