excursator

Latin

Etymology

From excursō +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ek.skurˈsaː.tor/, [ɛks̠kʊrˈs̠äːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ek.skurˈsa.tor/, [ekskurˈsäːt̪or]

Noun

excursātor m (genitive excursātōris); third declension

1. skirmisher, scout
   • c. 330 AD — 391-400 AD, Ammianus Marcellinus, Rerum Gestarum, 24.1.1

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	excursātor	excursātōrēs
genitive	excursātōris	excursātōrum
dative	excursātōrī	excursātōribus
accusative	excursātōrem	excursātōrēs
ablative	excursātōre	excursātōribus
vocative	excursātor	excursātōrēs

References

• “excursator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• excursator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.