cooperator

See also: coöperator

English

Alternative forms

• co-operator
• coöperator

Etymology

co- +‎ operator

Noun

cooperator (plural cooperators)

1. One who cooperates; an associate.

References

• "cooperator" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.

Latin

Etymology

From cooperor +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ko.o.peˈraː.tor/, [koɔpɛˈräːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ko.o.peˈra.tor/, [koːpeˈräːt̪or]

Noun

cooperātor m (genitive cooperātōris); third declension

1. joint-labourer, coworker
   • c. 731 CE, Bede, Historia ecclesiastica 4.1:

     Hunc offerens Hadrianus pontifici, ut episcopus ordinaretur, obtinuit; his tamen condicionibus interpositis, ut ipse eum perduceret Brittaniam, eo quod iam bis partes Galliarum diuersis ex causis adisset, et ob id maiorem huius itineris peragendi notitiam haberet, sufficiensque esset in possessione hominum propriorum; et ut ei doctrinae cooperator existens diligenter adtenderet, ne quid ille contrarium ueritati fidei, Grecorum more, in ecclesiam, cui praeesset, introduceret.

     Hadrian offered him to the pope to be ordained bishop, and prevailed; but upon these conditions, that he should conduct him into Britain, because he had already travelled through France twice upon several occasions, and was, therefore, better acquainted with the way, and was, moreover, sufficiently provided with men of his own; as also that being his fellow labourer in doctrine, he might take special care that Theodore should not, according to the custom of the Greeks, introduce anything contrary to the true faith into the church where he presided.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cooperātor	cooperātōrēs
Genitive	cooperātōris	cooperātōrum
Dative	cooperātōrī	cooperātōribus
Accusative	cooperātōrem	cooperātōrēs
Ablative	cooperātōre	cooperātōribus
Vocative	cooperātor	cooperātōrēs

Descendants

• Catalan: cooperador
• French: coopérateur
• Galician: cooperador
• Italian: cooperatore
• Portuguese: cooperador
• Romanian: cooperator
• Spanish: cooperador
• → German: Kooperator
• → Russian: коопера́тор (kooperátor)

References

• “cooperator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cooperator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French coopérateur. Equivalent to coopera +‎ -tor.

Noun

cooperator m (plural cooperatori)

1. cooperator

Declension

Declension of cooperator

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) cooperator	cooperatorul	(niște) cooperatori	cooperatorii
genitive/dative	(unui) cooperator	cooperatorului	(unor) cooperatori	cooperatorilor
vocative	cooperatorule		cooperatorilor