indagator
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin indāgātor (“investigator”).
Noun
editindagator (plural indagators)
- (obsolete) An investigator.
- 1661, Robert Boyle, The Sceptical Chymist, pages 5–6:
- For that, being the number of the Elements, Principles, or Materiall Ingredients of Bodies, is an enquiry whole truth is of that Importance, and of that Difficulty, that it may as well deserve as require to be searched into by such skilfull Indagators of Nature as your selves.
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editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /in.daːˈɡaː.tor/, [ɪn̪d̪äːˈɡäːt̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /in.daˈɡa.tor/, [in̪d̪äˈɡäːt̪or]
Etymology 1
editindagō (“to trace, explore”) + -tor
Noun
editindāgātor m (genitive indāgātōris, feminine indāgātrīx); third declension
- investigator, researcher
- Synonym: investīgātor
Declension
editThird-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | indāgātor | indāgātōrēs |
Genitive | indāgātōris | indāgātōrum |
Dative | indāgātōrī | indāgātōribus |
Accusative | indāgātōrem | indāgātōrēs |
Ablative | indāgātōre | indāgātōribus |
Vocative | indāgātor | indāgātōrēs |
Etymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
editindāgātor
References
edit- “indagator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- indagator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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