punitor

Latin

Etymology

From pūniō (“punish”) +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /puːˈniː.tor/, [puːˈniːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /puˈni.tor/, [puˈniːt̪or]

Noun

pūnītor m (genitive pūnītōris); third declension

1. a punisher
2. an avenger

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	pūnītor	pūnītōrēs
genitive	pūnītōris	pūnītōrum
dative	pūnītōrī	pūnītōribus
accusative	pūnītōrem	pūnītōrēs
ablative	pūnītōre	pūnītōribus
vocative	pūnītor	pūnītōrēs

Descendants

• Catalan: punidor
• Italian: punitore
• Portuguese: punidor
• Spanish: punidor

Verb

pūnītor

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

References

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