LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

iaculātor

iaculātor m (genitive iaculātōris)
Classical[ja.kʊˈɫaː.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[ja.kuˈlaː.tor]

Meaning

  1. thrower, hurler
  2. a javelin thrower
  3. fisherman who fishes by casting a net
  4. figurativelyaccuser

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeiaculātoriaculātōrēs
genitiveiaculātōrisiaculātōrum
dativeiaculātōrīiaculātōribus
accusativeiaculātōremiaculātōrēs
ablativeiaculātōreiaculātōribus
vocativeiaculātoriaculātōrēs

jăcŭlātor, ōris, m. id.,
I. a thrower, caster, hurler.
I. In gen.: Enceladus jaculator audax (truncorum), Hor. C. 3, 4, 55: fulminis, Stat. Th. 12, 562; Arn. 4, 22: missis a rege Boccho jaculatoribus, Sen. Brev. Vit. 13, 6.—
II. In partic.
A. A thrower of the dart or javelin (a sort of light-armed soldier, who carried only a dart or javelin): jaculatorum manus, Liv. 36, 18; 21, 21 al. —
B. A caster of the net, a fisherman, Plaut. ap. Isid. Orig. 19, 5, 2.—
III. Trop., an accuser: felix orator quoque maximus et jaculator, Juv. 7, 193.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin iaculātor From iaculor (“to throw, cast, hurl”) + -tor.

Quick answers

What does iaculātor mean in Latin?
iaculātor, a noun, means “thrower, hurler; a javelin thrower; fisherman who fishes by casting a net”.
What is the genitive of iaculātor?
The genitive singular is iaculātōris. iaculātor is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce iaculātor?
In classical Latin, [ja.kʊˈɫaː.tɔr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ja.kuˈlaː.tor].