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fulgurator

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin fulgurator.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fulgurator (plural fulgurators)

  1. (historical) Somebody who predicts the future using lightning.
    • 1854, Christian Charles Josias Bunsen, Outlines of the Philosophy of Universal History: Christianity and Mankind, Their Beginnings and Prospects:
      As the same person might be both extispex and fulgurator, it is not astonishing to find them both called haruspices.

Latin

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Etymology

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From fulgurō (to lighten) +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fulgurātor m (genitive fulgurātōris); third declension

  1. A priest who interpreted omens from lightning

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative fulgurātor fulgurātōrēs
genitive fulgurātōris fulgurātōrum
dative fulgurātōrī fulgurātōribus
accusative fulgurātōrem fulgurātōrēs
ablative fulgurātōre fulgurātōribus
vocative fulgurātor fulgurātōrēs

Verb

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fulgurātor

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

References

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