sciscitator
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Etymology
From scīscitor (“ask, inquire”) + -tor, from scīscō (“seek to know; ascertain”), from sciō (“know”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /skiːs.kiˈtaː.tor/, [s̠kiːs̠kɪˈt̪äːt̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ʃiʃ.ʃiˈta.tor/, [ʃiʃːiˈt̪äːt̪or]
Noun
scīscitātor m (genitive scīscitātōris); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Related terms
References
- “sciscitator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sciscitator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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