What is the Latin word for caster?

The usual Latin words for “caster” are iaculor, fortūnō, coniectō; also rotula, fulmen, dīvīnō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“caster” in Latin

iaculorto throw or hurl; to throw or fight with a javelin fortūnōto make happy, prosper; to bless coniectōto throw, cast or bring together; connect; to conclude or infer by conjecture, guess; to conclude, interpret, prophesy (rotulaa small wheel; a scroll, a roll fulmenlightning that strikes or sets on fire; a thunderbolt dīvīnōto foresee, foretell, divine; to prophesy; to guess

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

caster

one who throws, jaculator (one who hurls; e.g., fulminis): circumlocution with verbs under CAST, qui jacit, etc. Vid: Conjector is one who conjectures, divines, etc.

One who calculates fortunes, conjector.

Wheel under chairs, etc., rotula. To put a caster on anything, rotulam alicui rei subjicere.

Caster

Durobrivae, -arum (f.), or VentavIcenorum

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for caster?: The usual Latin words for “caster” are iaculor, fortūnō, coniectō; also rotula, fulmen, dīvīnō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.