palpator

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin palpātor.

Pronunciation

Noun

palpator (plural palpators)

  1. Someone who palpates.
  2. A device for palpating.
  3. (zoology, dated) One of a family of clavicorn beetles, including those which have very long maxillary palpi.

References

Latin

Etymology

From palpō (“touch softly, stroke; flatter”) +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

Noun

palpātor m (genitive palpātōris); third declension

  1. stroker
  2. (figuratively) cajoler, flatterer

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative palpātor palpātōrēs
genitive palpātōris palpātōrum
dative palpātōrī palpātōribus
accusative palpātōrem palpātōrēs
ablative palpātōre palpātōribus
vocative palpātor palpātōrēs

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Catalan: palpator

References

  • “palpator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • palpator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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