explicator

English

Noun

explicator (plural explicators)

1. One who or that which explicates.

Related terms

• explicate
• explication
• explicit

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ek.spliˈkaː.tor/, [ɛks̠plʲɪˈkäːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ek.spliˈka.tor/, [ekspliˈkäːt̪or]

Noun

explicātor m (genitive explicātōris); third declension

1. an expounder, explainer

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	explicātor	explicātōrēs
Genitive	explicātōris	explicātōrum
Dative	explicātōrī	explicātōribus
Accusative	explicātōrem	explicātōrēs
Ablative	explicātōre	explicātōribus
Vocative	explicātor	explicātōrēs

Verb

(deprecated template usage) explicātor

1. second-person singular future passive imperative of explicō
2. third-person singular future passive imperative of explicō

References

• “explicator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “explicator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• explicator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.