fulgurator
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin fulgurator.
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfʌl.ɡjʉˌɹeɪ.tə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfəl.ɡ(j)əˌɹeɪ.dəɹ/, /ˈfʊl.ɡ(j)əˌɹeɪ.dəɹ/
- Hyphenation: ful‧gu‧ra‧tor
Noun
editfulgurator (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
editEtymology
editFrom fulgurō (“to lighten”) + -tor.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ful.ɡuˈraː.tor/, [fʊɫ̪ɡʊˈräːt̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ful.ɡuˈra.tor/, [fulɡuˈräːt̪or]
Noun
editfulgurātor m (genitive fulgurātōris); third declension
Declension
editThird-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | fulgurātor | fulgurātōrēs |
Genitive | fulgurātōris | fulgurātōrum |
Dative | fulgurātōrī | fulgurātōribus |
Accusative | fulgurātōrem | fulgurātōrēs |
Ablative | fulgurātōre | fulgurātōribus |
Vocative | fulgurātor | fulgurātōrēs |
Verb
editfulgurātor
References
edit- “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.
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