dedicator

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛdɪˌkeɪtə(ɹ)/

Noun

dedicator (plural dedicators)

1. One who dedicates.

Translations

one who dedicates

• Latin: dēdicātor m

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deː.diˈkaː.tor/, [d̪eːd̪ɪˈkäːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de.diˈka.tor/, [d̪ed̪iˈkäːt̪or]

Etymology 1

From dēdicō (“dedicate, proclaim”) +‎ -tor (“-er”, agent suffix).

Noun

dēdicātor m (genitive dēdicātōris); third declension

1. one who dedicates
2. a founder, author

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dēdicātor	dēdicātōrēs
Genitive	dēdicātōris	dēdicātōrum
Dative	dēdicātōrī	dēdicātōribus
Accusative	dēdicātōrem	dēdicātōrēs
Ablative	dēdicātōre	dēdicātōribus
Vocative	dēdicātor	dēdicātōrēs

Etymology 2

Inflected form of dēdicō.

Verb

dēdicātor

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

References

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