invocator

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English

Etymology

From invocate +‎ -or.

Noun

invocator (plural invocators)

  1. One who invocates the spirits of the dead.
    • 2007, Gary Gygax, The Anubis Murders, →ISBN, page 21:
      The five others nearby likewise made ready to serve as invocators—instruments and voices harrumphing as would a body of minstrels in preparation for some performance.
    • 2012, Christine Ferguson, Determined Spirits, →ISBN, page 77:
      The reports of xenoglossic phenomena typically rely on two primary assumptions: first, that the linguistic abilities of the eminent dead remain static (and so stylistically recognisable) in the spheres; and second, that those of their typically working-class invocators were unimprovable in life, so much so that cheating would be impossible.
    • 2014, Susan Brigden, London and the Reformation, →ISBN:
      The woman who implored Our Lady to help Joan Sampson in her labour Joan spat upon and set away, and at another woman's childbed she 'contumeliously spoke against the invocators.

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

invoc(ō) (“I invoke, call upon”) +‎ -tor (“-er”, agent noun suffix)

Noun

invocātor m (genitive invocātōris); third declension

  1. (Late Latin) summoner, evoker
Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative invocātor invocātōrēs
genitive invocātōris invocātōrum
dative invocātōrī invocātōribus
accusative invocātōrem invocātōrēs
ablative invocātōre invocātōribus
vocative invocātor invocātōrēs
Descendants
  • Italian: invocatore
  • Spanish: invocador

References

  • invocator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

invocātor

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