sciscitator

Latin

Etymology

From scīscitor (ask, inquire) +‎ -tor, from scīscō (seek to know; ascertain), from sciō (know).

Pronunciation

Noun

scīscitātor m (genitive scīscitātōris); third declension

  1. An inquirer, examiner, investigator, questioner, interrogator.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative scīscitātor scīscitātōrēs
genitive scīscitātōris scīscitātōrum
dative scīscitātōrī scīscitātōribus
accusative scīscitātōrem scīscitātōrēs
ablative scīscitātōre scīscitātōribus
vocative scīscitātor scīscitātōrēs

References

  • sciscitator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sciscitator”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.