argutor

argutor

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From arguō (declare; reprove) + -tō.

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    argūtor (present infinitive argūtārī or argūtārier, perfect active argūtātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

    1. to prattle, prate, chatter
    2. to stamp (with the feet)

    Conjugation

    1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • German: argutieren

    References

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