iaculator
Latin
Etymology
From iaculor (“I throw, cast, hurl”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /i̯a.kuˈlaː.tor/, [i̯äkʊˈɫ̪äːt̪ɔr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ja.kuˈla.tor/, [jäkuˈläːt̪or]
Noun
iaculātor m (genitive iaculātōris); third declension
- thrower, hurler
- a javelin thrower
- fisherman who fishes by casting a net
- (figuratively) accuser
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | iaculātor | iaculātōrēs |
| Genitive | iaculātōris | iaculātōrum |
| Dative | iaculātōrī | iaculātōribus |
| Accusative | iaculātōrem | iaculātōrēs |
| Ablative | iaculātōre | iaculātōribus |
| Vocative | iaculātor | iaculātōrēs |
Related terms
- iaciō
- iaculum
- iaculus
References
- “iaculator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “iaculator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- iaculator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)