prorogator

English

Noun

prorogator (plural prorogators)

1. One who prorogates.

Latin

Etymology

From prōrogō (“prolong; defer”) +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /proː.roˈɡaː.tor/, [proːrɔˈɡäːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pro.roˈɡa.tor/, [proroˈɡäːt̪or]

Noun

prōrogātor m (genitive prōrogātōris); third declension

1. Somebody or something that pays or gives out; dispenser.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	prōrogātor	prōrogātōrēs
genitive	prōrogātōris	prōrogātōrum
dative	prōrogātōrī	prōrogātōribus
accusative	prōrogātōrem	prōrogātōrēs
ablative	prōrogātōre	prōrogātōribus
vocative	prōrogātor	prōrogātōrēs

Related terms

• prōrogātiō
• prōrogātīvus
• prōrogō

References

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