dedicator

English

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdɛdɪˌkeɪtə(ɹ)/

Noun

dedicator (plural dedicators)

  1. One who dedicates.

Translations

Latin

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /deː.diˈkaː.tor/, [d̪eːd̪ɪˈkäːt̪ɔr]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /de.diˈka.tor/, [d̪ed̪iˈkäːt̪or]

Etymology 1

From dēdicō (“dedicate, proclaim”) +‎ -tor (“-er”, agent suffix).

Noun

dēdicātor m (genitive dēdicātōris); third declension

  1. one who dedicates
  2. a founder, author
Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dēdicātor dēdicātōrēs
Genitive dēdicātōris dēdicātōrum
Dative dēdicātōrī dēdicātōribus
Accusative dēdicātōrem dēdicātōrēs
Ablative dēdicātōre dēdicātōribus
Vocative dēdicātor dēdicātōrēs

Etymology 2

Inflected form of dēdicō.

Verb

dēdicātor

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

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