virgator

Latin

Etymology

From virga (“stick”) +‎ -tor (“-er”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯irˈɡaː.tor/, [u̯ɪrˈɡäːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /virˈɡa.tor/, [virˈɡäːt̪or]

Noun

virgātor m (genitive virgātōris); third declension

1. flogger; whipper

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	virgātor	virgātōrēs
genitive	virgātōris	virgātōrum
dative	virgātōrī	virgātōribus
accusative	virgātōrem	virgātōrēs
ablative	virgātōre	virgātōribus
vocative	virgātor	virgātōrēs

References

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