computator

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English

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Noun

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computator (plural computators)

  1. (archaic) A person who performs computations.
    • 1759, [Laurence Sterne], chapter XXIII, in The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, 2nd (1st London) edition, volume I, London: [] R[obert] and J[ames] Dodsley [], published 1760, →OCLC:
      But this is an advantage not to be had by the biographer in this planet;—in the planet Mercury (belike) it may be so, if not better still for him;——for there the intense heat of the country, which is proved by computators, from its vicinity to the sun, to be more than equal to that of red-hot iron, []
  2. (archaic) A mechanical device that performs computation.
  3. (humorous) Synonym of computer (electronic device) (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Interlingua

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish computador, Portuguese computador. Equivalent to computar +‎ -tor.

Noun

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computator (plural computatores)

  1. computer

Latin

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Verb

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computātor

  1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of computō

References

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  • computator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • computator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.