fulgurator
English
Etymology
From Latin fulgurator.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfʌl.ɡjʉˌɹeɪ.tə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfəl.ɡ(j)əˌɹeɪ.dəɹ/, /ˈfʊl.ɡ(j)əˌɹeɪ.dəɹ/
- Hyphenation: ful‧gu‧ra‧tor
Noun
fulgurator (plural fulgurators)
- (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 Latin) IPA(key): [fʊɫ.ɡʊˈraː.tɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ful.ɡuˈraː.t̪or]
Noun
fulgurātor m (genitive fulgurātōris); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | fulgurātor | fulgurātōrēs |
| genitive | fulgurātōris | fulgurātōrum |
| dative | fulgurātōrī | fulgurātōribus |
| accusative | fulgurātōrem | fulgurātōrēs |
| ablative | fulgurātōre | fulgurātōribus |
| vocative | fulgurātor | fulgurātōrēs |
Verb
fulgurātor
- second/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.