noun · masculinethird declension
pābulātor
pābulātor m (genitive pābulātōris)
Classical[paː.bʊˈɫaː.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[pa.buˈlaː.tor]
Meaning
- a forager
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pābulātor | pābulātōrēs |
| genitive | pābulātōris | pābulātōrum |
| dative | pābulātōrī | pābulātōribus |
| accusative | pābulātōrem | pābulātōrēs |
| ablative | pābulātōre | pābulātōribus |
| vocative | pābulātor | pābulātōrēs |
pābŭlātor, ōris, m. id..
I. A fodderer, a herdsman; only according to the gloss: pabulator pastor, qui bubus pabula praebet, Isid. Gloss.—
II. In milit. lang., a forager, Caes. B. C. 1, 55; id. B. G. 5, 17; Hirt. B. G. 8, 11; Liv. 27, 43; 29, 2.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
pābulātor ōris, m
pabulor a forager , Cs., L.
Origins
From pābulor (“to eat fodder, graze; to forage”) + -tor.