explorator

English

Etymology

Latin

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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/, [ɛk.spɫoːˈraː.tɔr]

Noun

explōrātor m (genitive explōrātōris); third declension

  1. a scout
  2. a spy

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative explōrātor explōrātōrēs
genitive explōrātōris explōrātōrum
dative explōrātōrī explōrātōribus
accusative explōrātōrem explōrātōrēs
ablative explōrātōre explōrātōribus
vocative explōrātor explōrātōrēs

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
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