gubernator

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Latin gubernātor (“governor”), from gubernō (“to govern”) +‎ -tor, thus a doublet of governor. Alternatively a back-formation from gubernatorial, from same Latin source. ==== Noun ==== gubernator (plural gubernators) Leader. === Etymology 2 === Variant of governator, mocking Arnold Schwarzenegger's use of the term. ==== Noun ==== gubernator (plural gubernators) (now humorous) A US state governor. ===== Related terms ===== gubernatorial == Latin == === Etymology === From gubernō (“to pilot, govern”) + -tor. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɡʊ.bɛrˈnaː.tɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ɡu.berˈnaː.tor] === Noun === gubernātor m (genitive gubernātōris, feminine gubernātrīx); third declension Helmsman or pilot of a boat. Unknown origin, often attributed to Publilius Syrus (1st Century BCE) In tranquillo esse quisque gubernator potest. In a calm sea anyone can be the helmsman. Leader or governor. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== gubernātrīx ==== Descendants ==== === References === “gubernator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “gubernator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "gubernator", 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) “gubernator”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “gubernator”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers == Polish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin gubernātor, from Ancient Greek κυβερνήτης (kubernḗtēs), from κυβερνάω (kubernáō). Doublet of guwerner (“tutor”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡu.bɛrˈna.tɔr/ Rhymes: -atɔr Syllabification: gu‧ber‧na‧tor === Noun === gubernator m pers (politics) governor (leader of a region or state) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Russian: губерна́тор (gubernátor) → Ukrainian: губерна́тор (hubernátor) === Further reading === “gubernator”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “gubernator”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[3] (in Polish)