explicator

English

Noun

explicator (plural explicators)

1. One who or that which explicates.

Related terms

• explicate
• explication
• explicit

Latin

Etymology

From explicō (“to unfurl, unfold, arrange”) +‎ -tor (“-or”, agent-noun forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ek.spliˈkaː.tor/, [ɛks̠plʲɪˈkäːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ek.spliˈka.tor/, [ekspliˈkäːt̪or]

Noun

explicātor m (genitive explicātōris); third declension

1. 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

1. 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

Borrowed from French explicateur or Latin explicator.

Adjective

explicator m or n (feminine singular explicatoare, masculine plural explicatori, feminine and neuter plural explicatoare)

1. explanatory

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