persecutor
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- persecutour (obsolete)
- persecuter (rare)
Etymology
[edit]From Middle English persecutour, from Old French persecutor and Latin persecūtor. Displaced native Old English ēhtere.
Noun
[edit]persecutor (plural persecutors)
- A person or thing that persecutes or harasses.
Translations
[edit]a person or thing that persecutes
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From persequor, persecutus.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /per.seˈkuː.tor/, [pɛrs̠ɛˈkuːt̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /per.seˈku.tor/, [perseˈkuːt̪or]
Noun
[edit]persecūtor m (genitive persecūtōris); third declension
- pursuer
- de mortibus persecutorum.
- On the Deaths of the Persecutors. (Book by Lactantius)
- de mortibus persecutorum.
- (Ecclesiastical Latin) persecutor of Christians
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | persecūtor | persecūtōrēs |
| genitive | persecūtōris | persecūtōrum |
| dative | persecūtōrī | persecūtōribus |
| accusative | persecūtōrem | persecūtōrēs |
| ablative | persecūtōre | persecūtōribus |
| vocative | persecūtor | persecūtōrēs |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- English: persecutor, persecute
- French: persécuteur
- Italian: persecutore
- Spanish: persecutor
References
[edit]- “persecutor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- persecutor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French persécuteur.
Noun
[edit]persecutor m (plural persecutori)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | persecutor | persecutorul | persecutori | persecutorii | |
| genitive-dative | persecutor | persecutorului | persecutori | persecutorilor | |
| vocative | persecutorule | persecutorilor | |||
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin persecutor, from Latin persecutus.
Noun
[edit]persecutor m (plural persecutores)
Further reading
[edit]- “persecutor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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