ratiocinator

English

Etymology

From ratiocinate +‎ -or.

Noun

ratiocinator (plural ratiocinators)

1. One who ratiocinates; a reasoner.
   • 2021 August 21, Steven Poole, “Can ‘smart thinking’ books really give you the edge?”, in The Guardian‎^[2]:

     Hence the rise in publishing of the “smart thinking” book, an elevated species of self-help for the aspiring ratiocinator.

Latin

Etymology

From ratiōcinor (“I reckon”) +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ra.ti.oː.kiˈnaː.tor/, [rät̪ioːkɪˈnäːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /rat.t͡si.o.t͡ʃiˈna.tor/, [rät̪ː͡s̪iot͡ʃiˈnäːt̪or]

Noun

ratiōcinātor m (genitive ratiōcinātōris, feminine ratiōcinātrīx); third declension

1. accountant, bookkeeper

   Ratiōcinātor pecūniam numerat

   The accountant counts money

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	ratiōcinātor	ratiōcinātōrēs
genitive	ratiōcinātōris	ratiōcinātōrum
dative	ratiōcinātōrī	ratiōcinātōribus
accusative	ratiōcinātōrem	ratiōcinātōrēs
ablative	ratiōcinātōre	ratiōcinātōribus
vocative	ratiōcinātor	ratiōcinātōrēs

Verb

ratiōcinātor

1. second/third-person singular future active imperative of ratiōcinor

References

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