abolitor

Latin

Etymology

From aboleō (“destroy, abolish”) +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈbo.li.tor/, [äˈbɔlʲɪt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈbo.li.tor/, [äˈbɔːlit̪or]

Noun

abolitor m (genitive abolitōris); third declension

1. A person or thing that takes something away or casts it into oblivion; an abolisher.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	abolitor	abolitōrēs
Genitive	abolitōris	abolitōrum
Dative	abolitōrī	abolitōribus
Accusative	abolitōrem	abolitōrēs
Ablative	abolitōre	abolitōribus
Vocative	abolitor	abolitōrēs

Related terms

• abolefaciō
• aboleō
• abolescō
• abolitiō

Descendants

• Italian: abolitore

References

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