fulgurator

English

Etymology

From Latin fulgurator.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfʌl.ɡjʉˌɹeɪ.tə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfəl.ɡ(j)əˌɹeɪ.dəɹ/, /ˈfʊl.ɡ(j)əˌɹeɪ.dəɹ/
• Hyphenation: ful‧gu‧ra‧tor

Noun

fulgurator (plural fulgurators)

1. (historical) Somebody who predicts the future using lightning.
   • 1854, Christian Charles Josias Bunsen, Outlines of the Philosophy of Universal History: Christianity and Mankind, Their Beginnings and Prospects:

     As the same person might be both extispex and fulgurator, it is not astonishing to find them both called haruspices.

Latin

Etymology

From fulgurō (“to lighten”) ‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ful.ɡuˈraː.tor/, [fʊɫ̪ɡʊˈräːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ful.ɡuˈra.tor/, [fulɡuˈräːt̪or]

Noun

fulgurātor m (genitive fulgurātōris); third declension

1. A priest who interpreted omens from lightning

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	fulgurātor	fulgurātōrēs
genitive	fulgurātōris	fulgurātōrum
dative	fulgurātōrī	fulgurātōribus
accusative	fulgurātōrem	fulgurātōrēs
ablative	fulgurātōre	fulgurātōribus
vocative	fulgurātor	fulgurātōrēs

Verb

fulgurātor

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

References

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