fulgurator

English

Etymology

From Latin fulgurator.

Pronunciation

Noun

fulgurator (plural fulgurators)

  1. (historical) Somebody who predicts the future using lightning.
    • 1854, Christian Charles Josias Bunsen, Outlines of the Philosophy of Universal History: Christianity and Mankind, Their Beginnings and Prospects:
      As the same person might be both extispex and fulgurator, it is not astonishing to find them both called haruspices.

Latin

Etymology

From fulgurō (“to lighten”) +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ful.ɡuˈraː.tor/, [fʊɫ.ɡʊˈraː.tɔr]

Noun

fulgurātor m (genitive fulgurātōris); third declension

  1. A priest who interpreted omens from lightning

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative fulgurātor fulgurātōrēs
Genitive fulgurātōris fulgurātōrum
Dative fulgurātōrī fulgurātōribus
Accusative fulgurātōrem fulgurātōrēs
Ablative fulgurātōre fulgurātōribus
Vocative fulgurātor fulgurātōrēs

Verb

fulgurātor

  1. second- and third-person singular future passive imperative of fulgurō

References
  • fulgurator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • fulgurator in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • fulgurator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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