iaculator

Latin

Etymology

From iaculor (“I throw, cast, hurl”) +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /i̯a.kuˈlaː.tor/, [i̯äkʊˈɫ̪äːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ja.kuˈla.tor/, [jäkuˈläːt̪or]

Noun

iaculātor m (genitive iaculātōris); third declension

1. thrower, hurler
2. a javelin thrower
3. fisherman who fishes by casting a net
4. (figuratively) accuser

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	iaculātor	iaculātōrēs
Genitive	iaculātōris	iaculātōrum
Dative	iaculātōrī	iaculātōribus
Accusative	iaculātōrem	iaculātōrēs
Ablative	iaculātōre	iaculātōribus
Vocative	iaculātor	iaculātōrēs

Related terms

• iaciō
• iaculum
• iaculus

References

• “iaculator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “iaculator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• iaculator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)