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precator

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Latin

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Etymology 1

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From precor (to entreat, beseech) +‎ -tor (-er, suffix forming agent nouns).

Noun

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precātor m (genitive precātōris); third declension

  1. one who begs, implores, or entreats; one who intercedes or pleas (on behalf of another)
Declension
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Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative precātor precātōrēs
genitive precātōris precātōrum
dative precātōrī precātōribus
accusative precātōrem precātōrēs
ablative precātōre precātōribus
vocative precātor precātōrēs

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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precātor

  1. second/third-person singular future active imperative of precor

References

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  • precator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • precator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • precator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • precator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.