dedicator

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛdɪˌkeɪtə(ɹ)/

Noun

dedicator (plural dedicators)

1. One who dedicates.

Translations

one who dedicates

Latin: dēdicātor m

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [deː.dɪˈkaː.tɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [de.diˈkaː.tor]

Etymology 1

From dēdicō (“dedicate, proclaim”) +‎ -tor (“-er”, agent suffix).

Noun

dēdicātor m (genitive dēdicātōris); third declension

1. one who dedicates
2. a founder, author

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	dēdicātor	dēdicātōrēs
genitive	dēdicātōris	dēdicātōrum
dative	dēdicātōrī	dēdicātōribus
accusative	dēdicātōrem	dēdicātōrēs
ablative	dēdicātōre	dēdicātōribus
vocative	dēdicātor	dēdicātōrēs

Etymology 2

Inflected form of dēdicō.

Verb

dēdicātor

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

References

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