divulgator

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English

Etymology

From divulgate +‎ -or.

Noun

divulgator (plural divulgators)

  1. Alternative spelling of divulgater
    Good journalists can be important divulgators of knowledge
    • 1841, Lancelot Andrews, Ninety-six Sermons by The Right Honourable and Reversed Father in God‎, John Henry Parker, page 482:
      In the tongue wherein Christ spake these words, namely the Syriac, the fittest word that He could find to signify the devil’s name, is a word that signifies divulgator
    • 1970, Martin S. Stabb, Jorge Luis Borges‎ (quotation in English; overall work in English), New York: Twayne Publishers, page 57:
      In short, when his total activity is weighed, his role as a literary divulgator and mentor must be taken into consideration.

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

dīvulgātor

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

Etymology 2

From divulgō (to make known, public) +‎ -tor (masculine agent noun forming suffix)

Noun

dīvulgātor m (genitive dīvulgātōris, feminine dīvulgatrīx); third declension

  1. (Late Latin) A divulger, publisher; one who publishes, spreads information[1][2]
    • 1697, Andréas Carolus, Memorabilia ecclesiastica seculi a nato Christo decimi septimi, juxta annorum seriem notata, et convenienti ordine digesta per Andream Carolum.‎ (in Latin), Johannis Georgii Cottæ, page 352:
      Nachiegalius, divulgator libri de tribus summis impoſtoribus
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative dīvulgātor dīvulgātōrēs
genitive dīvulgātōris dīvulgātōrum
dative dīvulgātōrī dīvulgātōribus
accusative dīvulgātōrem dīvulgātōrēs
ablative dīvulgātōre dīvulgātōribus
vocative dīvulgātor dīvulgātōrēs

Descendants

References

  1. ^
    1711, Elisha Coles, A Dictionary, English-Latin, and Latin-English; Containing all the Things Necessary for the Translating of Either Language into Other.‎ (quotation in English; overall work in English), page 672:
    Divulgator, oris, m. a Publiſher.
  2. ^
    1773, Robert Ainsworth, Thomas Morell, Dictionary, English and Latin‎ (quotation in English; overall work in English), London: Rivington, page 746:
    Divulgator, oris. m. verb. A Publiſher or ſpreader of a report.
  • divulgator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French divulgateur, from Latin dīvulgātor. By surface analysis, divulga +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /di.vul.ɡaˈtor/
  • Rhymes: -or
  • Hyphenation: di‧vul‧ga‧tor

Noun

divulgator m (plural divulgatori, feminine equivalent divulgatoare)

  1. (rare) divulger (person who discloses)

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative divulgator divulgatorul divulgatori divulgatorii
genitive-dative divulgator divulgatorului divulgatori divulgatorilor
vocative divulgatorule divulgatorilor

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