jaculator

English

Etymology

Latin; see jaculate.

Noun

jaculator (plural jaculators)

1. One who throws or casts.
2. (archaic) The archerfish.
3. (botany) A retinaculum

References

• “jaculator”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Verb

jaculātor

1. second/third-person singular future active imperative of jaculor

References

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