computatrum

Etymology

From comput(ō) (“I calculate, I compute”) +‎ -trum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɔm.pʊˈtaː.trũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kom.puˈt̪aː.t̪rum]

Noun

computātrum n (genitive computātrī); second declension

1. (Contemporary Latin) computer

   Synonyms: ōrdinātrum, computātōrium

   • 2004, Orestes Carbonero, Ethici Characteres Hodierni., Latinitas Opus Fundatum in Civitate Vaticana:

     Quid vero per computatrum communicare possit, nisi vacuum mentis animique sui inane, hoc nemini patet.

     Truly, the bounds of what one may communicate by computer, save the vacuum of one's own empty mind and soul, is known to no one.

   • 2014, Antti Ijäs, Investigatio linguae Finnicae , Nuntii Latini 23.4.2014:

     Materia tam ampla est, ut non nisi auxilio computatrorum pertractari possit.

     There is so much material, that it is not possible to thoroughly investigate except with the help of computers.