virgator

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Latin

Etymology

From virga (stick) +‎ -tor (-er).

Pronunciation

Noun

virgātor m (genitive virgātōris); third declension

  1. flogger; whipper

Declension

Third-declension noun.

References

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