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Latin
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
flāgitō (“to demand, entreat”) + -tor
Noun
flāgitātor m (genitive flāgitātōris); third declension
- one who makes persistent demands, one who harasses with requests or questions
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
flāgitātor
- second/third-person singular future passive imperative of flāgitō
References
- “flagitator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “flagitator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- flagitator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.