explorator

English

Etymology

From Latin explōrātor.

Noun

explorator (plural explorators)

1. (dated) explorer

References

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

Latin

Etymology

From explōrāre (“to explore, to spy upon, to test”) +‎ -tor (“-er: forming agent nouns”), from ex- (“out”) + plōrāre (“to shout, to cry”), possibly with reference to raising game while hunting by sending out cryers.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ek.sploːˈraː.tor/, [ɛks̠pɫ̪oːˈräːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ek.sploˈra.tor/, [eksploˈräːt̪or]

Noun

explōrātor m (genitive explōrātōris); third declension

1. a explorer
2. a scout
   • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico VII.11:

     Qua re per exploratores nuntiata

     These things having been announced by the scouts

3. a spy

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	explōrātor	explōrātōrēs
genitive	explōrātōris	explōrātōrum
dative	explōrātōrī	explōrātōribus
accusative	explōrātōrem	explōrātōrēs
ablative	explōrātōre	explōrātōribus
vocative	explōrātor	explōrātōrēs

Descendants

• Catalan: explorador
• → English: explorator
• French: explorateur
• Galician: explorador
• Italian: esploratore
• Portuguese: explorador
• Romanian: explorator
• Spanish: explorador

References

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French explorateur. Equivalent to explora +‎ -tor.

Noun

explorator m (plural exploratori)

1. explorer

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	explorator	exploratorul		exploratori	exploratorii
genitive-dative	explorator	exploratorului		exploratori	exploratorilor
vocative	exploratorule			exploratorilor