palpator
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)
Noun edit
palpator (plural palpators)
- Someone who palpates.
- A device for palpating.
- (zoology, dated) One of a family of clavicorn beetles, including those which have very long maxillary palpi.
References edit
- “palpator”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From palpō (“touch softly, stroke; flatter”) + -tor.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /palˈpaː.tor/, [päɫ̪ˈpäːt̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /palˈpa.tor/, [pälˈpäːt̪or]
Noun edit
palpātor m (genitive palpātōris); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | palpātor | palpātōrēs |
Genitive | palpātōris | palpātōrum |
Dative | palpātōrī | palpātōribus |
Accusative | palpātōrem | palpātōrēs |
Ablative | palpātōre | palpātōribus |
Vocative | palpātor | palpātōrēs |
Synonyms edit
- (flatterer): palpō
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Catalan: palpator
References edit
- “palpator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- palpator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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