divulgator

English

Etymology

From divulgate +‎ -or.

Noun

divulgator (plural divulgators)

1. Alternative spelling of divulgater

   Good journalists can be important divulgators of knowledge

   • 1841, Lancelot Andrews, Ninety-six Sermons by The Right Honourable and Reversed Father in God‎^[3], John Henry Parker, page 482:

     In the tongue wherein Christ spake these words, namely the Syriac, the fittest word that He could find to signify the devil’s name, is a word that signifies divulgator

   • 1970, Martin S. Stabb, Jorge Luis Borges‎^[4] (quotation in English; overall work in English), New York: Twayne Publishers, page 57:

     In short, when his total activity is weighed, his role as a literary divulgator and mentor must be taken into consideration.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /diː.u̯ulˈɡaː.tor/, [d̪iːu̯ʊɫ̪ˈɡäːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /di.vulˈɡa.tor/, [d̪ivulˈɡäːt̪or]

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

dīvulgātor

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

Etymology 2

From divulgō (to make known, public) +‎ -tor (masculine agent noun forming suffix)

Noun

dīvulgātor m (genitive dīvulgātōris, feminine dīvulgatrīx); third declension

1. (Late Latin) A divulger, publisher; one who publishes, spreads information
   • 1697, Andréas Carolus, Memorabilia ecclesiastica seculi a nato Christo decimi septimi, juxta annorum seriem notata, et convenienti ordine digesta per Andream Carolum.‎^[5] (in Latin), Johannis Georgii Cottæ, page 352:

     Nachiegalius, divulgator libri de tribus summis impoſtoribus

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	dīvulgātor	dīvulgātōrēs
genitive	dīvulgātōris	dīvulgātōrum
dative	dīvulgātōrī	dīvulgātōribus
accusative	dīvulgātōrem	dīvulgātōrēs
ablative	dīvulgātōre	dīvulgātōribus
vocative	dīvulgātor	dīvulgātōrēs

Related terms

• dīvulgatrīx

Descendants

• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: divulgador
  • French: divulgateur
• Eastern Romance
  • Romanian: divulgator
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Galician: divulgador
  • Portuguese: divulgador
  • Spanish: divulgador
• Italo-Romance
  • Italian: divulgatore

References

• divulgator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French divulgateur, from Latin dīvulgātor. By surface analysis, divulga +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.vul.ɡaˈtor/
• Rhymes: -or
• Hyphenation: di‧vul‧ga‧tor

Noun

divulgator m (plural divulgatori, feminine equivalent divulgatoare)

1. (rare) divulger (person who discloses)

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	divulgator	divulgatorul		divulgatori	divulgatorii
genitive-dative	divulgator	divulgatorului		divulgatori	divulgatorilor
vocative	divulgatorule			divulgatorilor

Further reading

• divulgator in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)