arrogator

Latin

Alternative forms

• adrogātor

Etymology

From arrogō (“arrogate to myself, assume”) +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ar.roˈɡaː.tor/, [ärːɔˈɡäːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ar.roˈɡa.tor/, [ärːoˈɡäːt̪or]

Noun

arrogātor m (genitive arrogātōris); third declension

1. A person who adopts an adult in the place of a child.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	arrogātor	arrogātōrēs
genitive	arrogātōris	arrogātōrum
dative	arrogātōrī	arrogātōribus
accusative	arrogātōrem	arrogātōrēs
ablative	arrogātōre	arrogātōribus
vocative	arrogātor	arrogātōrēs

Related terms

• arrogāns
• arroganter
• arrogantia
• arrogātiō
• arrogō

References

• “arrogator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• arrogator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• arrogator in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016