persecutor
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- persecutour (obsolete)
- persecuter (rare)
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English persecutour, from Old French persecutor and Latin persecūtor. Displaced native Old English ēhtere.
Noun[edit]
persecutor (plural persecutors)
- A person or thing that persecutes or harasses.
Translations[edit]
a person or thing that persecutes
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From persequor, persecutus.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /per.seˈkuː.tor/, [pɛrs̠ɛˈkuːt̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /per.seˈku.tor/, [perseˈkuːt̪or]
Noun[edit]
persecūtor m (genitive persecūtōris); third declension
- pursuer
- de mortibus persecutorum.
- On the Deaths of the Persecutors. (Book by Lactantius)
- de mortibus persecutorum.
- (Ecclesiastical Latin) persecutor of Christians
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | persecūtor | persecūtōrēs |
| Genitive | persecūtōris | persecūtōrum |
| Dative | persecūtōrī | persecūtōribus |
| Accusative | persecūtōrem | persecūtōrēs |
| Ablative | persecūtōre | persecūtōribus |
| Vocative | persecūtor | persecūtōrēs |
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- English: persecutor, persecute
- French: persécuteur
- Italian: persecutore
- Spanish: persecutor
References[edit]
- “persecutor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- persecutor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French persécuteur.
Noun[edit]
persecutor m (plural persecutori)
Declension[edit]
Declension of persecutor
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) persecutor | persecutorul | (niște) persecutori | persecutorii |
| genitive/dative | (unui) persecutor | persecutorului | (unor) persecutori | persecutorilor |
| vocative | persecutorule | persecutorilor | ||
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin persecutor, from Latin persecutus.
Noun[edit]
persecutor m (plural persecutores)
Further reading[edit]
- “persecutor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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