captator
Latin
Etymology
Derived from captō + -tor
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kapˈtaː.tor/, [käpˈt̪äːt̪ɔr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kapˈta.tor/, [käpˈt̪äːt̪or]
Noun
captātor m (genitive captātōris, feminine captātrix); third declension
- legacy hunter, grabber (a man who practically made his career by obsequiously bootlicking/brown-nosing wealthy patrons with the goal of receiving the inheritance of a patron and not have to work subsequently)
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | captātor | captātōrēs |
| Genitive | captātōris | captātōrum |
| Dative | captātōrī | captātōribus |
| Accusative | captātōrem | captātōrēs |
| Ablative | captātōre | captātōribus |
| Vocative | captātor | captātōrēs |
Synonyms
- hērēdipeta
Verb
captātor
- second/third-person singular future passive imperative of captō
References
- “captator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “captator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- captator 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)
- captator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Romanian
Etymology
capta + -tor
Noun
captator n (plural captatoare)
- capturer (object)
Declension
Declension of captator
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) captator | captatorul | (niște) captatoare | captatoarele |
| genitive/dative | (unui) captator | captatorului | (unor) captatoare | captatoarelor |
| vocative | captatorule | captatoarelor | ||