seductor
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English seductor, seductour, from Middle French seducteur, from Latin sēductor.[1]
Noun
[edit]seductor (plural seductors)
Synonyms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “† Sedu·ctor”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume VIII, Part 2 (S–Sh), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 376, column 2: “a. OF. seducteur, ad. L. sēductor, agent-noun f. sēdūcĕre: see Seduce and -or.”
Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From sēdūcō (“lead astray, seduce”) + -tor (“-er”, agent suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /seːˈduk.tor/, [s̠eːˈd̪ʊkt̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /seˈduk.tor/, [seˈd̪ukt̪or]
Noun
[edit]sēductor m (genitive sēductōris, feminine sēductrīx); third declension
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sēductor | sēductōrēs |
| genitive | sēductōris | sēductōrum |
| dative | sēductōrī | sēductōribus |
| accusative | sēductōrem | sēductōrēs |
| ablative | sēductōre | sēductōribus |
| vocative | sēductor | sēductōrēs |
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “seductor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- seductor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle French seducteur, from Latin sēductor.[1]
Noun
[edit]seductor
- seducer
- 1490, “Capitulo xvj”, in William Caxton, transl., edited by M[athew] T[ewart] Culley and F[rederick] J[ames] Furnivall, Caxton’s Eneydos, 1490, Englisht from the French Liure des Eneydes, 1483, London: Published for the Early English Text Society by N. Trübner & Co., […] , published 1890, page 60, lines 30–33:
- The whiche seductor of ladies, as parys that enwedded ye fayr heleyne, kepeth himself in maner as a woman, in their companye, wyth his longe heres that he maketh to be enoynted & kemed […]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- a. 1492, “Of saynt Apolonyon Religyous & martyr. begynnyng in latyn ¶ Trade hant ergo / Caplm xix.”, in Wyllyam Caxton, transl., Vitas Patrum, Westminster: Wynkyn de Worde, published 1495, folio xxii, recto:
- […] one namyd Phylemon. whyche was moche amyable & debonayr to ye peple. & called hỹſelf ſeductour & deceyour of the peple / […]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- English: seductor
References
[edit]- M[athew] T[ewart] Culley and F[rederick] J[ames] Furnivall, editors (1890), Caxton’s Eneydos, 1490, Englisht from the French Liure des Eneydes, 1483, London: Published for the Early English Text Society by N. Trübner & Co., […] , page 185: “Seductor, sb. seducer, 60/30.”
- ^ James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “† Sedu·ctor”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume VIII, Part 2 (S–Sh), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 376, column 2: “a. OF. seducteur, ad. L. sēductor, agent-noun f. sēdūcĕre: see Seduce and -or.”
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]seductor (feminine seductora, masculine plural seductores, feminine plural seductoras)
- seductive
- Synonyms: seductivo, cautivante
Noun
[edit]seductor m (plural seductores, feminine seductora, feminine plural seductoras)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “seductor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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