Glossator

/ɡlɒˈseɪtər/ noun

Definition

A person who glossates; a scholar who writes explanatory glosses or annotations on texts, especially medieval legal or religious texts.

Etymology

From Latin glossa plus -ator suffix (one who does something), referring to medieval scholars who created glossae on important texts.

Kelly Says

The medieval glossators of Roman law literally shaped Europe's legal system—their annotations on old legal texts became more important than the original laws themselves!

Translations

AMአማርኛ
ግሎሳት
glo-sah-t
ARالعربية
غلاصط
ghla-sa-t
BNবাংলা
গ্লোসেটর
glos-eh-tor
CACatalà
glossator
glos-ah-tor
CSČeština
glossator
glos-ah-tor
DADansk
glossator
glos-ah-tor
DEDeutsch
Glossator
glos-sah-tor
ELΕλληνικά
γλωσσατής
glo-sah-tis
ESEspañol
glossador
glos-sah-dor
FAفارسی
گلساتور
glos-ah-tor
FISuomi
glossator
glos-ah-tor
FRFrançais
glossateur
glos-a-tyor
GUGU
ગ્લોસેટર
glos-eh-ter
HAHA
glossator
glos-ah-tor
HEעברית
גלסאטור
glos-ah-tor
HIहिन्दी
ग्लोसेटर
glos-eh-ter
HUMagyar
glossator
glos-ah-tor
IDBahasa Indonesia
glossator
glos-ah-tor
IGIG
glossator
glos-ah-tor
ITItaliano
glossatore
glos-sah-tore
JA日本語
グロスエータ
gurosu-e-ta
KKKK
глассатор
glassi-tor
KMKM
គ្លោសាត
glo-sah-t
KO한국어
글로세이터
geullose-i-tae
MRMR
ग्लोसेटर
glos-eh-ter
MSBahasa Melayu
glossator
glos-ah-tor
MYမြန်မာ
ဂလော့ဆိတ်
ga-lo-shi-t
NLNederlands
glossator
glos-ah-tor
NONorsk
glossator
glos-ah-tor
PAPA
ਗਲੋਸੇਟਰ
glos-eh-ter
PLPolski
glossator
glos-ah-tor
PTPortuguês
glossador
glos-sah-dor
RORomână
glossator
glos-ah-tor
RUРусский
глассатор
glassi-tor
SVSvenska
glossator
glos-ah-tor
SWKiswahili
glossator
glos-ah-tor
TAதமிழ்
குளோசேட்டர்
ku-lo-say-ter
TEతెలుగు
గ్లోసటర్
glo-sah-ter
THไทย
กลอสเซเตอร์
glos-seh-ter
TLTL
glossator
glos-ah-tor
TRTürkçe
glossator
glos-ah-tor
UKУкраїнська
глассатор
glassi-tor
URاردو
گلوسٹور
glos-tor
VITiếng Việt
glossator
glos-ah-tor
YOYO
glossator
glos-ah-tor
ZH中文
glossator
glos-ah-tor
ZUZU
glossator
glos-ah-tor

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