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Webster 1913 Edition
Palpator
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Pal-pa′tor
,Noun.
[L., a stroker.]
(Zool.)
One of a family of clavicorn beetles, including those which have very long maxillary palpi.
Definition 2025
palpator
palpator
English
Noun
palpator (plural palpators)
- One who palpates.
- A device for palpating.
- (zoology, dated) One of a family of clavicorn beetles, including those which have very long maxillary palpi.
Latin
Etymology
From palpō (“touch softly, stroke; flatter”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /palˈpaː.tor/
Noun
palpātor m (genitive palpātōris); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | palpātor | palpātōrēs |
| genitive | palpātōris | palpātōrum |
| dative | palpātōrī | palpātōribus |
| accusative | palpātōrem | palpātōrēs |
| ablative | palpātōre | palpātōribus |
| vocative | palpātor | palpātōrēs |
Synonyms
- (flatterer): palpō
Related terms
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Descendants
- Catalan: palpator
References
- palpator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “palpator”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.