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Noun [Latin]

IPA: [kapˈtaː.tɔr] [Classical-Latin], [kapˈtaː.tor] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Derived from captō + -tor Etymology templates: {{suffix|la|captō|tor}} captō + -tor Head templates: {{la-noun|captātor<3>|f=captātrix}} captātor m (genitive captātōris, feminine captātrix); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|captātor<3>}} Forms: captātor [canonical, masculine], captātōris [genitive], captātrix [feminine], no-table-tags [table-tags], captātor [nominative, singular], captātōrēs [nominative, plural], captātōris [genitive, singular], captātōrum [genitive, plural], captātōrī [dative, singular], captātōribus [dative, plural], captātōrem [accusative, singular], captātōrēs [accusative, plural], captātōre [ablative, singular], captātōribus [ablative, plural], captātor [singular, vocative], captātōrēs [plural, vocative]
  1. 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) Tags: declension-3 Synonyms: hērēdipeta
    Sense id: en-captator-la-noun-ddV-SwHF Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin terms suffixed with -tor, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Ancient Rome, People Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 84 16 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -tor: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 7 Disambiguation of Ancient Rome: 100 0 Disambiguation of People: 100 0

Verb [Latin]

IPA: [kapˈtaː.tɔr] [Classical-Latin], [kapˈtaː.tor] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: captātor [canonical]
Etymology: Derived from captō + -tor Etymology templates: {{suffix|la|captō|tor}} captō + -tor Head templates: {{head|la|verb form|head=captātor}} captātor
  1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of captō Tags: form-of, future, imperative, passive, second-person, singular, third-person Form of: captō
    Sense id: en-captator-la-verb-7c~KjWGn Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 33 67

Noun [Romanian]

Etymology: From capta + -tor. Etymology templates: {{suffix|ro|capta|-tor}} capta + -tor Head templates: {{ro-noun|n|captatoare}} captator n (plural captatoare) Inflection templates: {{ro-decl-noun|gpd=captatoarelor|gpi=captatoare|gsd=captatorului|gsi=captator|n=|npd=captatoarele|npi=captatoare|nsd=captatorul|nsi=captator|vp=captatoarelor|vs=captatorule}} Forms: captatoare [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], captator [accusative, indefinite, nominative, singular], captatorul [accusative, definite, nominative, singular], captatoare [accusative, indefinite, nominative, plural], captatoarele [accusative, definite, nominative, plural], captator [dative, genitive, indefinite, singular], captatorului [dative, definite, genitive, singular], captatoare [dative, genitive, indefinite, plural], captatoarelor [dative, definite, genitive, plural], captatorule [singular, vocative], captatoarelor [plural, vocative]
  1. capturer (object) Tags: neuter

Inflected forms

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    {
      "form": "captatorului",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "captatoare",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "captatoarelor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "captatorule",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "captatoarelor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "2": "captatoare"
      },
      "expansion": "captator n (plural captatoare)",
      "name": "ro-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "gpd": "captatoarelor",
        "gpi": "captatoare",
        "gsd": "captatorului",
        "gsi": "captator",
        "n": "",
        "npd": "captatoarele",
        "npi": "captatoare",
        "nsd": "captatorul",
        "nsi": "captator",
        "vp": "captatoarelor",
        "vs": "captatorule"
      },
      "name": "ro-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Romanian",
  "lang_code": "ro",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Romanian countable nouns",
        "Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Romanian lemmas",
        "Romanian neuter nouns",
        "Romanian nouns",
        "Romanian terms suffixed with -tor"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "capturer (object)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "capturer",
          "capturer"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "captator"
}

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