captator

Latin

Etymology

Derived from captō +‎ -tor

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kapˈtaː.tor/, [käpˈt̪äːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kapˈta.tor/, [käpˈt̪äːt̪or]

Noun

captātor m (genitive captātōris, feminine captātrix); third declension

1. legacy hunter, grabber (a man who practically made his career by obsequiously bootlicking/brown-nosing wealthy patrons with the goal of receiving the inheritance of a patron and not have to work subsequently)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	captātor	captātōrēs
genitive	captātōris	captātōrum
dative	captātōrī	captātōribus
accusative	captātōrem	captātōrēs
ablative	captātōre	captātōribus
vocative	captātor	captātōrēs

Synonyms

• hērēdipeta

Verb

captātor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of captō

References

• “captator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “captator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• captator 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)
• captator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romanian

Etymology

From capta +‎ -tor.

Noun

captator n (plural captatoare)

1. capturer (object)

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	captator	captatorul		captatoare	captatoarele
genitive-dative	captator	captatorului		captatoare	captatoarelor
vocative	captatorule			captatoarelor