palpator

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin palpātor.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)

Noun

palpator (plural palpators)

1. Someone who palpates.
2. A device for palpating.
3. (zoology, dated) One of a family of clavicorn beetles, including those which have very long maxillary palpi.

References

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

Latin

Etymology

From palpō (“touch softly, stroke; flatter”) +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /palˈpaː.tor/, [päɫ̪ˈpäːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /palˈpa.tor/, [pälˈpäːt̪or]

Noun

palpātor m (genitive palpātōris); third declension

1. stroker
2. (figuratively) cajoler, flatterer

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	palpātor	palpātōrēs
genitive	palpātōris	palpātōrum
dative	palpātōrī	palpātōribus
accusative	palpātōrem	palpātōrēs
ablative	palpātōre	palpātōribus
vocative	palpātor	palpātōrēs

Synonyms

• (flatterer): palpō

Related terms

• palpābilis
• palpāmen
• palpāmentum
• palpātiō
• palpebra
• palpebrālis
• palpebrāris
• palpebrātiō
• palpebrō
• palpitātiō
• palpitātus
• palpitō
• palpō
• palpus

Descendants

• Catalan: palpator

References

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