probator
English
Etymology
Latin
Noun
probator (plural probators)
- An examiner; an approver.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Maydman to this entry?)
- (law, Britain, obsolete) One who, when indicted for crime, confessed it and accused his accomplices in order to obtain pardon.
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 probator in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Anagrams
- pro-abort, proabort
Latin
Etymology 1
From probō.
Noun
probātor m (genitive probātōris); third declension
- approver
- examiner
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | probātor | probātōrēs |
| Genitive | probātōris | probātōrum |
| Dative | probātōrī | probātōribus |
| Accusative | probātōrem | probātōrēs |
| Ablative | probātōre | probātōribus |
| Vocative | probātor | probātōrēs |
Derived terms
- probātōria
Verb
probātor
- second-person singular future passive imperative of probō
- third-person singular future passive imperative of probō
References
- probator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- probator in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- probator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette