explorator

English

Etymology

From Latin explōrātor.

Noun

explorator (plural explorators)

  1. (dated) One who explores; one who examines closely; a searcher.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for explorator in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Latin

Etymology

From explōrāre (to investigate) + -or (agentive suffix).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ek.sploːˈraː.tor/, [ɛks̠pɫ̪oːˈräːt̪ɔr]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ek.sploˈra.tor/, [eksploˈräːt̪or]

Noun

explōrātor m (genitive explōrātōris); third declension

  1. a scout
    • Caesar, de Bello Gallico VII, 11:
      Qua re per exploratores nuntiata
      These things having been announced by the scouts
  2. a spy

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative explōrātor explōrātōrēs
Genitive explōrātōris explōrātōrum
Dative explōrātōrī explōrātōribus
Accusative explōrātōrem explōrātōrēs
Ablative explōrātōre explōrātōribus
Vocative explōrātor explōrātōrēs

Descendants

References
  • “explorator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “explorator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • explorator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

Romanian

Etymology

From French explorateur. Equivalent to explora +‎ -tor.

Noun

explorator m (plural exploratori)

  1. explorer

Declension
Declension of explorator
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) explorator exploratorul (niște) exploratori exploratorii
genitive/dative (unui) explorator exploratorului (unor) exploratori exploratorilor
vocative exploratorule exploratorilor
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