indagator

English

Etymology

From Latin indāgātor (“investigator”).

Noun

indagator (plural indagators)

1. (obsolete) An investigator.
   • 1661, Robert Boyle, The Sceptical Chymist, pages 5–6:

     For that, being the number of the Elements, Principles, or Materiall Ingredients of Bodies, is an enquiry whole truth is of that Importance, and of that Difficulty, that it may as well deserve as require to be searched into by such skilfull Indagators of Nature as your selves.

Related terms

• indagate
• indagation
• indagative
• indagatory
• indagatrix

Anagrams

• adorating, gradation, tanagroid

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /in.daːˈɡaː.tor/, [ɪn̪d̪äːˈɡäːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in.daˈɡa.tor/, [in̪d̪äˈɡäːt̪or]

Etymology 1

indagō (“to trace, explore”) +‎ -tor

Noun

indāgātor m (genitive indāgātōris, feminine indāgātrīx); third declension

1. investigator, researcher

   Synonym: investīgātor

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	indāgātor	indāgātōrēs
genitive	indāgātōris	indāgātōrum
dative	indāgātōrī	indāgātōribus
accusative	indāgātōrem	indāgātōrēs
ablative	indāgātōre	indāgātōribus
vocative	indāgātor	indāgātōrēs

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

indāgātor

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

References

• “indagator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• indagator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.