cavillator

Latin

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ka.u̯ilˈlaː.tor/, [käu̯ɪlˈlʲäːt̪ɔr]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ka.vilˈla.tor/, [kävilˈläːt̪or]

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.

Case 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
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