LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

disceptātor

disceptātor m (genitive disceptātōris)

Meaning

  1. arbitrator, umpire, judge

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativedisceptātor
disceptātrīx		disceptātōrēs
disceptātrīcēs
genitivedisceptātōris
disceptātrīcis		disceptātōrum
disceptātrīcum
dativedisceptātōrī
disceptātrīcī		disceptātōribus
disceptātrīcibus
accusativedisceptātōrem
disceptātrīcem		disceptātōrēs
disceptātrīcēs
ablativedisceptātōre
disceptātrīce		disceptātōribus
disceptātrīcibus
vocativedisceptātor
disceptātrīx		disceptātōrēs
disceptātrīcēs

disceptātor, ōris, m. discepto,
I. an umpire, arbitrator, judge: disceptator id est rei sententiaeque moderator, Cic. Part. Or. 3, 10: IVRIS DISCEPTATOR, QVI PRIVATA IVDICET IVDICARIVE IVBEAT, PRAETOR ESTO, id. Leg. 3, 3, 8: nec vero quisquam privatus erat disceptator aut arbiter litis, id. Rep. 5, 2; cf. id. Cael. 15; Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 16; Cic. Fl. 38, 97; id. Agr. 1, 7 fin.; id. Fam. 13, 26, 2; * Caes. B. G. 7, 37, 5; Liv. 1, 50; 8, 23; Asin. Pollio ap. Quint. 9, 4, 132 al.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Latindisceptātor

Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Archaic Latin kapiō Latin capiō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin captō Latin disceptō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin disceptātor From disceptō + -tor.

In English words that came into English from disceptātor

  • disceptatordisceptātor

Quick answers

What does disceptātor mean in Latin?
disceptātor, a noun, means “arbitrator, umpire, judge”.
What is the genitive of disceptātor?
The genitive singular is disceptātōris. disceptātor is masculine, third declension.
Where does disceptātor come from?
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ → Latin disceptātor.