palpator

English

Etymology

Latin , meaning "stroker".

Noun

palpator (plural palpators)

  1. One who palpates.
  2. A device for palpating.
  3. (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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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

  1. stroker
  2. (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

Descendants

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
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