LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

indāgātor

indāgātor m (genitive indāgātōris, feminine indāgātrīx)
Classical[ɪn.daːˈɡaː.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[in.daˈɡaː.tor]

Meaning

  1. investigator, researcher

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeindāgātorindāgātōrēs
indāgātrīcēs
genitiveindāgātōris
indāgātrīcis		indāgātōrum
indāgātrīcum
dativeindāgātōrī
indāgātrīcī		indāgātōribus
indāgātrīcibus
accusativeindāgātōrem
indāgātrīcem		indāgātōrēs
indāgātrīcēs
ablativeindāgātōre
indāgātrīce		indāgātōribus
indāgātrīcibus
vocativeindāgātorindāgātōrēs
indāgātrīcēs

indāgātor, ōris, m. id.,
I. one who traces out, a tracker of prey, Isid. Orig. 10 fin.: apum, one who hunts swarms of bees, Col. 9, 8, 12: aquarum, a hunter of springs (= aquilex), id. 2, 2, 20.—
II. Transf., an investigator, searcher: celatūm (for celatorum), Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 14: rerum naturalium, Ser. Samm. ap. Macr. S. 2, 12, 7; Vitr. 1, 6, 6.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin indāgātor From indagō (“to trace, explore”) + -tor.

In English words that came into English from indāgātor

  • indagatorindāgātor

Quick answers

What does indāgātor mean in Latin?
indāgātor, a noun, means “investigator, researcher”.
What is the genitive of indāgātor?
The genitive singular is indāgātōris. indāgātor is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce indāgātor?
In classical Latin, [ɪn.daːˈɡaː.tɔr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [in.daˈɡaː.tor].