cavillator

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Latin

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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cavillor (to jeer, cavil) +‎ -tor

Noun

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cavillātor m (genitive cavillātōris); third declension

  1. one who jeers or mocks
  2. a caviller, sophist
Declension
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Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cavillātor cavillātōrēs
Genitive cavillātōris cavillātōrum
Dative cavillātōrī cavillātōribus
Accusative cavillātōrem cavillātōrēs
Ablative cavillātōre cavillātōribus
Vocative cavillātor cavillātōrēs

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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cavillātor

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

References

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