noun · masculinethird declension
rogātor
rogātor m (genitive rogātōris)
Classical[rɔˈɡaː.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[roˈɡaː.tor]
Meaning
- Someone who proposes a law to the people; the proposer of a law, presenter of a bill.
- An officer in the voting comitia who asked the people for their votes; a collector of votes, a polling clerk.
- Someone who makes a proposal or request; proposer.
- A beggar, mendicant.
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | rogātor | rogātōrēs |
| genitive | rogātōris | rogātōrum |
| dative | rogātōrī | rogātōribus |
| accusative | rogātōrem | rogātōrēs |
| ablative | rogātōre | rogātōribus |
| vocative | rogātor | rogātōrēs |
rŏgātor, ōris, m. rogo.
I. In publicists' lang., *
A. One who proposes a law to the people, the proposer of a law, presenter of a bill: legum, Lucil. ap. Non. 383, 14 (v. infra, II. A.). —
B. An officer in the voting comitia who asked the people for their votes, a collector of votes, a polling-clerk, Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 11:
justus comitiorum rogator, id. Div. 1, 17, 33; 2, 35, 74: vos rogatores, vos diribitores, vos custodes fuisse tabularum, id. Pis. 15, 36.—II. Transf., in gen., *
A. One who makes a proposal, a proposer (in allusion to the signif. I. A.):
haec epistula non suasoris est sed rogatoris, Cic. Att. 16, 16, B, 9. — Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
rogator ōris, m
rogo.—In the comitia, a collector of votes, polling-clerk : comitiorum.— One who makes a proposal, a proposer .
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃reǵ-
- Latinrogātor
Proto-Indo-European *h₃roǵósder. Proto-Indo-European *preḱ-der. Proto-Italic *prokos Latin procus Latin procō Latin rogō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin rogātor From rogō (“ask; request”) + -tor.
Descendants
- Spanishrogador