captivator

English

Noun

captivator (plural captivators)

  1. A person who captivates, or holds one captive.
    • 1858 Mary Cowden Clarke - World-noted Women: Or, Types of Womanly Attributes of All Lands and Ages
      Had she been the mere adroit captivator some-times imagined, she could never have exercised this posthumous ascendency over Petrarch's thoughts.

Latin

Etymology

From captīvō + -tor.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /kap.tiːˈwaː.tor/, [kap.tiːˈwaː.tɔr]

Noun

captīvātor m (genitive captīvātōris); third declension

  1. he that take captive

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative captīvātor captīvātōrēs
Genitive captīvātōris captīvātōrum
Dative captīvātōrī captīvātōribus
Accusative captīvātōrem captīvātōrēs
Ablative captīvātōre captīvātōribus
Vocative captīvātor captīvātōrēs

Verb

captīvātor

  1. second-person singular future passive imperative of captīvō
  2. third-person singular future passive imperative of captīvō

References

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