cavillator

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ka.u̯ilˈlaː.tor/, [käu̯ɪlˈlʲäːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ka.vilˈla.tor/, [kävilˈläːt̪or]

Etymology 1

cavillor (“to jeer, cavil”) +‎ -tor

Noun

cavillātor m (genitive cavillātōris); third declension

1. one who jeers or mocks
2. a caviller, sophist

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	cavillātor	cavillātōrēs
genitive	cavillātōris	cavillātōrum
dative	cavillātōrī	cavillātōribus
accusative	cavillātōrem	cavillātōrēs
ablative	cavillātōre	cavillātōribus
vocative	cavillātor	cavillātōrēs

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cavillātor

1. second/third-person singular future active imperative of cavillor

References

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