fulgurator

English

Etymology

From Latin fulgurator.

Pronunciation

Noun

fulgurator (plural fulgurators)

  1. (historical) Somebody who predicts the future using lightning.
    • 1854, Christian Charles Josias Bunsen, Outlines of the Philosophy of Universal History: Christianity and Mankind, Their Beginnings and Prospects:
      As the same person might be both extispex and fulgurator, it is not astonishing to find them both called haruspices.

Latin

Etymology

From fulgurō (“to lighten”) +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

Noun

fulgurātor m (genitive fulgurātōris); third declension

  1. A priest who interpreted omens from lightning

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative fulgurātor fulgurātōrēs
Genitive fulgurātōris fulgurātōrum
Dative fulgurātōrī fulgurātōribus
Accusative fulgurātōrem fulgurātōrēs
Ablative fulgurātōre fulgurātōribus
Vocative fulgurātor fulgurātōrēs

Verb

fulgurātor

  1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of fulgurō

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