decimator

English

Etymology

From decimate +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛsɪˌmeɪtə(ɹ)/

Noun

decimator (plural decimators)

1. One who decimates, particularly:
   1. A devastator or destroyer.
   2. A collector or receiver of tithes.

Synonyms

• (one who devastates): See destroyer
• (one who collects tithes): See tithe proctor

Anagrams

• macrotide, medicator, mediocrat, mercadito

Latin

Etymology 1

Verb

decimātor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of decimō

Etymology 2

decimō +‎ -tor

Noun

decimātor m (genitive decimātōris); third declension

1. (Medieval Latin) tithe collector

Conjugation

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	decimātor	decimātōrēs
genitive	decimātōris	decimātōrum
dative	decimātōrī	decimātōribus
accusative	decimātōrem	decimātōrēs
ablative	decimātōre	decimātōribus
vocative	decimātor	decimātōrēs

References

• decimator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “decimator”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 308