auscultator

English

Noun

auscultator (plural auscultators)

1. Someone who performs auscultation.
2. An instrument for auscultation.
3. (historical) In Germany, one who had passed his first public examination in law, and who was merely retained, not yet employed or paid by government.

Translations

person who auscultates

• Polish: auskultator m

instrument

one who had passed his first public examination in law

References

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

Latin

Etymology

auscultō +‎ -tor

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /au̯s.kulˈtaː.tor/, [äu̯s̠kʊɫ̪ˈt̪äːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /au̯s.kulˈta.tor/, [äu̯skul̪ˈt̪äːt̪or]

Noun

auscultātor m (genitive auscultātōris); third declension

1. listener

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	auscultātor	auscultātōrēs
genitive	auscultātōris	auscultātōrum
dative	auscultātōrī	auscultātōribus
accusative	auscultātōrem	auscultātōrēs
ablative	auscultātōre	auscultātōribus
vocative	auscultātor	auscultātōrēs

Related terms

• auscultō
• auscultātiō

Descendants

• English: auscultator
• Portuguese: auscultador

References

• “auscultator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “auscultator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers