explicator
English
Noun
explicator (plural explicators)
- One who or that which explicates.
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Latin
Etymology
Etymology tree
From explicō (“to unfurl, unfold, arrange”) + -tor (“-or”, agent-noun forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛk.splɪˈkaː.tɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ek.spliˈkaː.tor]
Noun
explicātor m (genitive explicātōris); third declension
- an expounder, explainer
- Coordinate term: (female) explicātrīx
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | explicātor | explicātōrēs |
| genitive | explicātōris | explicātōrum |
| dative | explicātōrī | explicātōribus |
| accusative | explicātōrem | explicātōrēs |
| ablative | explicātōre | explicātōribus |
| vocative | explicātor | explicātōrēs |
Verb
explicātor
- second/third-person singular future passive imperative of explicō
References
- “explicator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “explicator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “explicator”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Romanian
Etymology
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Romanian explicator
Borrowed from French explicateur, or a learned borrowing from Latin explicator.
Adjective
explicator m or n (feminine singular explicatoare, masculine plural explicatori, feminine/neuter plural explicatoare)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative- accusative |
indefinite | explicator | explicatoare | explicatori | explicatoare | ||
| definite | explicatorul | explicatoarea | explicatorii | explicatoarele | |||
| genitive- dative |
indefinite | explicator | explicatoare | explicatori | explicatoare | ||
| definite | explicatorului | explicatoarei | explicatorilor | explicatoarelor | |||
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