rogator

Latin

Etymology

From rogō (“ask; request”) +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [rɔˈɡaː.tɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [roˈɡaː.tor]

Noun

rogātor m (genitive rogātōris); third declension

1. Someone who proposes a law to the people; the proposer of a law, presenter of a bill.
2. An officer in the voting comitia who asked the people for their votes; a collector of votes, a polling clerk.
3. Someone who makes a proposal or request; proposer.
4. A beggar, mendicant.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	rogātor	rogātōrēs
genitive	rogātōris	rogātōrum
dative	rogātōrī	rogātōribus
accusative	rogātōrem	rogātōrēs
ablative	rogātōre	rogātōribus
vocative	rogātor	rogātōrēs

Related terms

• rogāmentum
• rogātiō
• rogātiuncula
• rogātus
• rogitātiō
• rogitō
• rogō

Descendants

• Spanish: rogador

References

• “rogator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “rogator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "rogator", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “rogator”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.