disceptator
English
Etymology
From Latin disceptātor.
Noun
disceptator (plural disceptators)
- (obsolete) One who arbitrates or decides; a judge.
- 1675, John Smith, Christian Religion's Appeal from the Groundless Prejudices of the Sceptick to the Bar of Common Reason:
- the inquisitivediſceptators of this Age
References
- “disceptator”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Latin
Etymology
Noun
disceptātor m (genitive disceptātōris); third declension
- arbitrator, umpire, judge
- Synonyms: iūdex, arbiter, spectātor
- Coordinate term: (female) disceptātrīx
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | disceptātor | disceptātōrēs |
| genitive | disceptātōris | disceptātōrum |
| dative | disceptātōrī | disceptātōribus |
| accusative | disceptātōrem | disceptātōrēs |
| ablative | disceptātōre | disceptātōribus |
| vocative | disceptātor | disceptātōrēs |
Verb
disceptātor
- second/third-person singular future passive imperative of disceptō
References
- “disceptator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “disceptator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- disceptator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.