erogator

Latin

Etymology

From ērogō (“pay out, expend”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /eː.roˈɡaː.tor/, [eːrɔˈɡäːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.roˈɡa.tor/, [eroˈɡäːt̪or]

Noun

ērogātor m (genitive ērogātōris); third declension

1. Somebody who pays out or gives away.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ērogātor	ērogātōrēs
Genitive	ērogātōris	ērogātōrum
Dative	ērogātōrī	ērogātōribus
Accusative	ērogātōrem	ērogātōrēs
Ablative	ērogātōre	ērogātōribus
Vocative	ērogātor	ērogātōrēs

Related terms

• ērogātiō
• ērogātōrius

• ērogō
• superērogō

References

• “erogator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• erogator 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)
• erogator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.