disceptator

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English

Etymology

From Latin disceptātor.

Noun

disceptator (plural disceptators)

  1. (obsolete) One who arbitrates or decides; a judge.
    • 1675, John Smith, Christian Religion's Appeal from the Groundless Prejudices of the Sceptick to the Bar of Common Reason:
      the inquisitivediſceptators of this Age

References

Latin

Etymology

disceptō +‎ -tor

Noun

disceptātor m (genitive disceptātōris); third declension

  1. arbitrator, umpire, judge
    Synonyms: iūdex, arbiter, spectātor
    Coordinate term: (female) disceptātrīx

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative disceptātor disceptātōrēs
genitive disceptātōris disceptātōrum
dative disceptātōrī disceptātōribus
accusative disceptātōrem disceptātōrēs
ablative disceptātōre disceptātōribus
vocative disceptātor disceptātōrēs

Verb

disceptātor

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

References

  • disceptator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • disceptator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • disceptator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.