sciscitator

Latin

Etymology

From scīscitor (“ask, inquire”), from scīscō (“seek to know; ascertain”), from sciō (“know”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /skiːs.kiˈtaː.tor/, [s̠kiːs̠kɪˈt̪äːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ʃiʃ.ʃiˈta.tor/, [ʃiʃːiˈt̪äːt̪or]

Noun

scīscitātor m (genitive scīscitātōris); third declension

1. An inquirer, examiner, investigator, questioner, interrogator.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	scīscitātor	scīscitātōrēs
Genitive	scīscitātōris	scīscitātōrum
Dative	scīscitātōrī	scīscitātōribus
Accusative	scīscitātōrem	scīscitātōrēs
Ablative	scīscitātōre	scīscitātōribus
Vocative	scīscitātor	scīscitātōrēs

Related terms

• sciō
• scīscitātiō
• scīscitor
• scīscō

References

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