existimator

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ek.siːs.tiˈmaː.tor/, [ɛks̠iːs̠t̪ɪˈmäːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ek.sis.tiˈma.tor/, [eɡzist̪iˈmäːt̪or]

Etymology 1

exīstimō (“to suppose, consider”) +‎ -tor

Noun

exīstimātor m (genitive exīstimātōris); third declension

1. judge, critic

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	exīstimātor	exīstimātōrēs
Genitive	exīstimātōris	exīstimātōrum
Dative	exīstimātōrī	exīstimātōribus
Accusative	exīstimātōrem	exīstimātōrēs
Ablative	exīstimātōre	exīstimātōribus
Vocative	exīstimātor	exīstimātōrēs

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

exīstimātor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of exīstimō

References

• “existimator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “existimator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• existimator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) a (competent, intelligent, subtle) critic: existimator (doctus, intellegens, acerrimus)