cavillator
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cavillor, cavillari, cavillatus sum:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
jest, banter; make fun of, satirize, mock; use sophistry, quibble, cavil (at);
sg. fut. imp. 2ndsg. fut. imp. 3rd - Entry →cavillator, cavillatoris:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
jester, banterer; quibbler, caviler, sophist, captious critic;
nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
Miles Gloriosus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...exarui ex amoenis rebus et voluptariis. vel cavillator facetus vel conviva commodus item ero, neque ego oblocutor..."Liber IV
Aulus Gellius
"...animi tui sententia uxorem habes?" Qui iurabat, cavillator quidam et canicula et nimis ridicularius fuit. Is locum esse..."
