depopulator

English

Etymology

From depopulate +‎ -or or learned borrowing from Latin dēpopulātor.

Noun

depopulator (plural depopulators)

1. A person who depopulates an area, especially one who forcibly removes people from an estate.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deː.po.puˈlaː.tor/, [d̪eːpɔpʊˈɫ̪äːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de.po.puˈla.tor/, [d̪epopuˈläːt̪or]

Etymology 1

dēpopulor (“to sack, ravage”) +‎ -tor

Noun

dēpopulātor m (genitive dēpopulātōris); third declension

1. marauder, pillager

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	dēpopulātor	dēpopulātōrēs
genitive	dēpopulātōris	dēpopulātōrum
dative	dēpopulātōrī	dēpopulātōribus
accusative	dēpopulātōrem	dēpopulātōrēs
ablative	dēpopulātōre	dēpopulātōribus
vocative	dēpopulātor	dēpopulātōrēs

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

dēpopulātor

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

References

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