instinctor

Latin

Etymology

īnstīnctus, perfect passive participle of īnstinguō (“to instigate”) +‎ -tor

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /inˈstiːnk.tor/, [ĩːˈs̠t̪iːŋkt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈstink.tor/, [inˈst̪iŋkt̪or]

Noun

īnstīnctor m (genitive īnstīnctōris); third declension

1. instigator

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	īnstīnctor	īnstīnctōrēs
genitive	īnstīnctōris	īnstīnctōrum
dative	īnstīnctōrī	īnstīnctōribus
accusative	īnstīnctōrem	īnstīnctōrēs
ablative	īnstīnctōre	īnstīnctōribus
vocative	īnstīnctor	īnstīnctōrēs

References

• “instinctor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “instinctor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers