captator

== Latin == === Etymology === Derived from captō +‎ -tor === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kapˈtaː.tɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kapˈtaː.tor] === Noun === captātor m (genitive captātōris, feminine captātrix); third declension legacy hunter, grabber (a man who practically made his career by obsequiously bootlicking/brown-nosing wealthy patrons with the goal of receiving the inheritance of a patron and not have to work subsequently) ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Synonyms ==== hērēdipeta === Verb === captātor second/third-person singular future passive imperative of captō === References === “captator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “captator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "captator", 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) “captator”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Romanian == === Etymology === From capta +‎ -tor. === Noun === captator n (plural captatoare) capturer (object) ==== Declension ====