disceptator

English

Etymology

From Latin disceptātor.

Noun

disceptator (plural disceptators)

1. (obsolete) One who arbitrates or decides; a judge.
   • 1675, John Smith, Christian Religion's Appeal from the Groundless Prejudices of the Sceptick to the Bar of Common Reason:

     the inquisitivediſceptators of this Age

References

• “disceptator”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Etymology

disceptō +‎ -tor

Noun

disceptātor m (genitive disceptātōris); third declension

1. arbitrator, umpire, judge

   Synonyms: iūdex, arbiter, spectātor

   Coordinate term: (female) disceptātrīx

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	disceptātor	disceptātōrēs
Genitive	disceptātōris	disceptātōrum
Dative	disceptātōrī	disceptātōribus
Accusative	disceptātōrem	disceptātōrēs
Ablative	disceptātōre	disceptātōribus
Vocative	disceptātor	disceptātōrēs

Verb

disceptātor

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

References

• “disceptator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “disceptator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• disceptator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.