dedicator

== English == === Etymology === Ultimately from Latin dedicator, either directly to English from Latin or by way of a Romance cognate. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdɛdɪˌkeɪtə(ɹ)/ === Noun === dedicator (plural dedicators) One who dedicates. Coordinate term: dedicatee ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == 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 one who dedicates a founder, author ===== Declension ===== Third-declension noun. === Etymology 2 === Inflected form of dēdicō. ==== Verb ==== dēdicātor 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.