palpator

English

Etymology

Latin , meaning "stroker".

Noun

palpator (plural palpators)

One who palpates.
A device for palpating.
(zoology, dated) One of a family of clavicorn beetles, including those which have very long maxillary palpi.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for palpator in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Latin

Etymology

From palpō (“touch softly, stroke; flatter”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /palˈpaː.tor/, [paɫˈpaː.tɔr]

Noun

palpātor m (genitive palpātōris); third declension

stroker
(figuratively) cajoler, flatterer

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	palpātor	palpātōrēs
Genitive	palpātōris	palpātōrum
Dative	palpātōrī	palpātōribus
Accusative	palpātōrem	palpātōrēs
Ablative	palpātōre	palpātōribus
Vocative	palpātor	palpātōrēs

Synonyms

(flatterer): palpō

Related terms

palpābilis
palpāmen
palpāmentum
palpātiō

palpebra
palpebrālis
palpebrāris
palpebrātiō

palpebrō
palpitātiō
palpitātus

palpitō
palpō
palpus

Descendants

Catalan: palpator

References

palpator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
palpator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette