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accusator

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From literary French accusateur, from Latin accūsātōrem, accusative singular of accūsātor (accuser).[1] Doublet of accuser.

Noun

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accusator (plural accusators)

  1. (archaic) A male accuser.[1]
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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 The Oxford English Dictionary (2007)

Latin

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Etymology

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From accūsāre (blame, accuse) +‎ -tor, from ad (to, towards, at) + causa (cause, reason, account, lawsuit).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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accūsātor m (genitive accūsātōris, feminine accūsātrīx); third declension

  1. accuser, plaintiff
  2. denouncer, informer

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative accūsātor accūsātōrēs
genitive accūsātōris accūsātōrum
dative accūsātōrī accūsātōribus
accusative accūsātōrem accūsātōrēs
ablative accūsātōre accūsātōribus
vocative accūsātor accūsātōrēs

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  • accusator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • accusator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers