nuncupator

Latin

Etymology 1

From nū̆ncupō (“name, call by name”) +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /nuːn.kuˈpaː.tor/, [nuːŋkʊˈpäːt̪ɔr] or IPA(key): /nun.kuˈpaː.tor/, [nʊŋkʊˈpäːt̪ɔr]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /nun.kuˈpa.tor/, [nuŋkuˈpäːt̪or]

The length of the vowel in the first syllable is uncertain: see nū̆ncupō.

Noun

nū̆ncupātor m (genitive nū̆ncupātōris); third declension

  1. a namer
Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative nū̆ncupātor nū̆ncupātōrēs
Genitive nū̆ncupātōris nū̆ncupātōrum
Dative nū̆ncupātōrī nū̆ncupātōribus
Accusative nū̆ncupātōrem nū̆ncupātōrēs
Ablative nū̆ncupātōre nū̆ncupātōribus
Vocative nū̆ncupātor nū̆ncupātōrēs
Derived terms

Verb

nū̆ncupātor

  1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of nū̆ncupō

References
  • “nuncupator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • nuncupator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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