cavillator

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

cavillor (to jeer, cavil) +‎ -tor

Noun

cavillātor m (genitive cavillātōris); third declension

  1. one who jeers or mocks
  2. a caviller, sophist
Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative cavillātor cavillātōrēs
genitive cavillātōris cavillātōrum
dative cavillātōrī cavillātōribus
accusative cavillātōrem cavillātōrēs
ablative cavillātōre cavillātōribus
vocative cavillātor cavillātōrēs

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cavillātor

  1. second/third-person singular future active imperative of cavillor

References

  • cavillator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cavillator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cavillator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.