vulgator

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Latin

Pronounciation

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vulgātor

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

Etymology 2

From vulgō (to make known, public) +‎ -tor (masculine agent noun forming suffix)

Noun

vulgātor m (genitive vulgātōris); third declension

  1. divulger, one that divulges information, makes something well-known
    • 16 BCE, Ovid, The Loves 3.7:
      sic aret mediis taciti vulgator in undis pomaque, quae nullo tempore tangat, habet.
      Thus, in the midstream the divulger of secrets thirsts and holds fruit which at no time he can touch.
Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative vulgātor vulgātōrēs
Genitive vulgātōris vulgātōrum
Dative vulgātōrī vulgātōribus
Accusative vulgātōrem vulgātōrēs
Ablative vulgātōre vulgātōribus
Vocative vulgātor vulgātōrēs

References

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