precator

precator

Latin

Etymology 1

    From precor (to entreat, beseech) + -tor (-er, suffix forming agent nouns).

    Noun

    precātor m (genitive precātōris); third declension

    1. one who begs, implores, or entreats; one who intercedes or pleas (on behalf of another)
    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative precātor precātōrēs
    genitive precātōris precātōrum
    dative precātōrī precātōribus
    accusative precātōrem precātōrēs
    ablative precātōre precātōribus
    vocative precātor precātōrēs
    Descendants
    • > Italian: pregatore (inherited)

    Etymology 2

    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Verb

    precātor

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

    References

    • precator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • precator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • "precator", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • precator”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.