rogator

Latin

Etymology

From rogō (ask; request) + -tor.

Pronunciation

Noun

rogātor m (genitive rogātōris); third declension

  1. Someone who proposes a law to the people; the proposer of a law, presenter of a bill.
  2. An officer in the voting comitia who asked the people for their votes; a collector of votes, a polling clerk.
  3. Someone who makes a proposal or request; proposer.
  4. A beggar, mendicant.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative rogātor rogātōrēs
Genitive rogātōris rogātōrum
Dative rogātōrī rogātōribus
Accusative rogātōrem rogātōrēs
Ablative rogātōre rogātōribus
Vocative rogātor rogātōrēs

Descendants

  • Spanish: rogador

References

  • rogator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • rogator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • rogator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • rogator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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