virgator

Latin

Etymology

From virga (“stick”) +‎ -tor (“-er”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯irˈɡaː.tor/, [u̯ɪrˈɡäːt̪ɔr]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /virˈɡa.tor/, [virˈɡäːt̪or]

Noun

virgātor m (genitive virgātōris); third declension

  1. flogger; whipper

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative virgātor virgātōrēs
Genitive virgātōris virgātōrum
Dative virgātōrī virgātōribus
Accusative virgātōrem virgātōrēs
Ablative virgātōre virgātōribus
Vocative virgātor virgātōrēs

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