invocator
English
Etymology
From Late Latin invocātor.[1] By surface analysis, invocate + -or.
Noun
invocator (plural invocators)
- One who invocates the spirits of the dead.
- 2007, Gary Gygax, The Anubis Murders, →ISBN, page 21:
- The five others nearby likewise made ready to serve as invocators—instruments and voices harrumphing as would a body of minstrels in preparation for some performance.
- 2012, Christine Ferguson, Determined Spirits, →ISBN, page 77:
- The reports of xenoglossic phenomena typically rely on two primary assumptions: first, that the linguistic abilities of the eminent dead remain static (and so stylistically recognisable) in the spheres; and second, that those of their typically working-class invocators were unimprovable in life, so much so that cheating would be impossible.
- 2014, Susan Brigden, London and the Reformation, →ISBN:
- The woman who implored Our Lady to help Joan Sampson in her labour Joan spat upon and set away, and at another woman's childbed she 'contumeliously spoke against the invocators.
References
- ^ “invocator, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪn.wɔˈkaː.tɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [iɱ.voˈkaː.t̪or]
Etymology 1
invoc(ō) (“I invoke, call upon”) + -tor (“-er”, agent noun suffix)
Noun
invocātor m (genitive invocātōris); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | invocātor | invocātōrēs |
| genitive | invocātōris | invocātōrum |
| dative | invocātōrī | invocātōribus |
| accusative | invocātōrem | invocātōrēs |
| ablative | invocātōre | invocātōribus |
| vocative | invocātor | invocātōrēs |
Related terms
Descendants
- Italian: invocatore
- Spanish: invocador
References
- invocator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
invocātor
- second/third-person singular future passive imperative of invocō
Romanian
Etymology
Noun
invocator m (plural invocatori)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | invocator | invocatorul | invocatori | invocatorii | |
| genitive-dative | invocator | invocatorului | invocatori | invocatorilor | |
| vocative | invocatorule | invocatorilor | |||
References
- invocator in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN