noun · masculinethird declension
investīgātor
investīgātor m (genitive investīgātōris, feminine investīgātrīx)
Meaning
- investigator, researcher
2018, Tuomo Pekkanen, Nova formicae species https://areena.yle.fi/1-4380420, Nuntii Latini 27.4.2018
A group of researchers in Borneo has found a new species of ant which defends its nest by exploding.
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | investīgātor | investīgātōrēs investīgātrīcēs |
| genitive | investīgātōris investīgātrīcis | investīgātōrum investīgātrīcum |
| dative | investīgātōrī investīgātrīcī | investīgātōribus investīgātrīcibus |
| accusative | investīgātōrem investīgātrīcem | investīgātōrēs investīgātrīcēs |
| ablative | investīgātōre investīgātrīce | investīgātōribus investīgātrīcibus |
| vocative | investīgātor | investīgātōrēs investīgātrīcēs |
investīgātor, ōris, m. id.,
I. he that searches or inquires into, an investigator (class.):
acer et diligens rerum, Cic. Univ. 1, 1: antiquitatis, id. Brut. 15, 60: conjurationis, id. Sull. 30, 85. — II. A contriver:
malorum, Vulg. Prov. 11, 27.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
investīgātor ōris, m
investigo, he that searches into, an investigator: rerum: antiquitatis.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin investīgātor From investīgō + -tor.
Descendants
- Catalaninvestigador
- Frenchinvestigateur
- Italianinvestigatore
- Portugueseinvestigador
- Romanianinvestigator
- Spanishinvestigador
- Galicianinvestigador
- Ladinoinvestigador
In English words that came into English from investīgātor
- investigatorinvestīgātor