debellator

Latin

Etymology

From dēbellō (“finish a war; conquer, subdue”) +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deː.belˈlaː.tor/, [d̪eːbɛlˈlʲäːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de.belˈla.tor/, [d̪ebelˈläːt̪or]

Noun

dēbellātor m (genitive dēbellātōris); third declension

1. A conqueror, subduer.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	dēbellātor	dēbellātōrēs
genitive	dēbellātōris	dēbellātōrum
dative	dēbellātōrī	dēbellātōribus
accusative	dēbellātōrem	dēbellātōrēs
ablative	dēbellātōre	dēbellātōribus
vocative	dēbellātor	dēbellātōrēs

Synonyms

• (conqueror): domitor, expugnātor, superātor, victor

Derived terms

• dēbellātrix

Related terms

• dēbellō

Descendants

• Italian: debellatore
• Spanish: debelador

References

• “debellator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “debellator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• debellator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.