rogator

rogator

Latin

Etymology

    From rogō (ask; request) + -tor.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    rogātor m (genitive rogātōris); third declension

    1. Someone who proposes a law to the people; the proposer of a law, presenter of a bill.
    2. An officer in the voting comitia who asked the people for their votes; a collector of votes, a polling clerk.
    3. Someone who makes a proposal or request; proposer.
    4. A beggar, mendicant.

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative rogātor rogātōrēs
    genitive rogātōris rogātōrum
    dative rogātōrī rogātōribus
    accusative rogātōrem rogātōrēs
    ablative rogātōre rogātōribus
    vocative rogātor rogātōrēs

    Descendants

    • Spanish: rogador

    References

    • 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, 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.