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English
Etymology
From Latin fulgurator.
Pronunciation
Noun
fulgurator (plural fulgurators)
- (historical) Somebody who predicts the future using lightning.
1854, Christian Charles Josias Bunsen, Outlines of the Philosophy of Universal History: Christianity and Mankind, Their Beginnings and Prospects:As the same person might be both extispex and fulgurator, it is not astonishing to find them both called haruspices.
Latin
Etymology
From fulgurō (“to lighten”) + -tor.
Pronunciation
Noun
fulgurātor m (genitive fulgurātōris); third declension
- A priest who interpreted omens from lightning
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Verb
fulgurātor
- second/third-person singular future passive imperative of fulgurō
References
- “fulgurator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “fulgurator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- fulgurator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.