rogator
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From rogō (“ask; request”) + -tor.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /roˈɡaː.tor/, [rɔˈɡäːt̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /roˈɡa.tor/, [roˈɡäːt̪or]
Noun
[edit]rogātor m (genitive rogātōris); third declension
- Someone who proposes a law to the people; the proposer of a law, presenter of a bill.
- An officer in the voting comitia who asked the people for their votes; a collector of votes, a polling clerk.
- Someone who makes a proposal or request; proposer.
- A beggar, mendicant.
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | rogātor | rogātōrēs |
| genitive | rogātōris | rogātōrum |
| dative | rogātōrī | rogātōribus |
| accusative | rogātōrem | rogātōrēs |
| ablative | rogātōre | rogātōribus |
| vocative | rogātor | rogātōrēs |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Spanish: rogador
References
[edit]- “rogator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “rogator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- rogator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- rogator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.