LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

fulgurātor

fulgurātor m (genitive fulgurātōris)
Classical[fʊɫ.ɡʊˈraː.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[ful.ɡuˈraː.tor]

Meaning

  1. A priest who interpreted omens from lightning

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativefulgurātor
fulgerātor		fulgurātōrēs
fulgerātōrēs
genitivefulgurātōris
fulgerātōris		fulgurātōrum
fulgerātōrum
dativefulgurātōrī
fulgerātōrī		fulgurātōribus
fulgerātōribus
accusativefulgurātōrem
fulgerātōrem		fulgurātōrēs
fulgerātōrēs
ablativefulgurātōre
fulgerātōre		fulgurātōribus
fulgerātōribus
vocativefulgurātor
fulgerātor		fulgurātōrēs
fulgerātōrēs

fulgŭrātor, ōris, m. fulgur.
I. A priest who interprets and propitiates lightning, a lightning-interpreter: fulguratores, ut extispices et haruspices, ita hi fulgurum inspectores. Cato de moribus Claudii Neronis: haruspicem, fulguratorem si quis adducat, Non. 63, 21 sq.; Cic. Div. 2, 53, 109. —Also written † fulguriator, Inscr. Orell. 2301.—
II. A lightning-hurler, App. de Mundo; Inscr. Grut. 21, 5; also written † fulgerator, ib. 3; 4; Don. cl. 1, 1.

Origins

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 fulgurō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin fulgurātor From fulgurō (“to lighten”) + -tor.

In English words that came into English from fulgurātor

  • fulguratorfulgurātor

Quick answers

What does fulgurātor mean in Latin?
fulgurātor, a noun, means “A priest who interpreted omens from lightning”.
What is the genitive of fulgurātor?
The genitive singular is fulgurātōris. fulgurātor is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce fulgurātor?
In classical Latin, [fʊɫ.ɡʊˈraː.tɔr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ful.ɡuˈraː.tor].