vulgator

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯ulˈɡaː.tor/, [u̯ʊɫ̪ˈɡäːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /vulˈɡa.tor/, [vulˈɡäːt̪or]

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vulgātor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of vulgō

Etymology 2

From vulgō (to make known, public) +‎ -tor (masculine agent noun forming suffix)

Noun

vulgātor m (genitive vulgātōris); third declension

1. divulger, one that divulges information, makes something well-known
   • 16 BCE, Ovid, The Loves 3.7:

     sic aret mediis taciti vulgator in undis pomaque, quae nullo tempore tangat, habet.

     Thus, in the midstream the divulger of secrets thirsts and holds fruit which at no time he can touch.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	vulgātor	vulgātōrēs
genitive	vulgātōris	vulgātōrum
dative	vulgātōrī	vulgātōribus
accusative	vulgātōrem	vulgātōrēs
ablative	vulgātōre	vulgātōribus
vocative	vulgātor	vulgātōrēs

References

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