spoliator

English

Etymology

From spoliate +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈspoʊliˌeɪtɚ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

spoliator (plural spoliators)

1. (obsolete) One who spoliates.
   • 1887, William Crossing, The Ancient Crosses of Dartmoor, Exeter: James G Commin, page 57:

     But the rude spoliator came, and that which time had spared, speedily fell beneath his hand. The contemplation of the ruins to-day, cannot but cause regret and sorrow to the lover of our antiquities, and a feeling of indignation will not allow itself to be suppressed, when we reflect upon the wanton destruction of this ancient sepulchre.

Anagrams

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /spo.liˈaː.tor/, [s̠pɔlʲiˈäːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /spo.liˈa.tor/, [spoliˈäːt̪or]

Noun

spoliātor m (genitive spoliātōris, feminine spoliātrīx); third declension

1. robber, pillager, plunderer, spoiler

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	spoliātor	spoliātōrēs
genitive	spoliātōris	spoliātōrum
dative	spoliātōrī	spoliātōribus
accusative	spoliātōrem	spoliātōrēs
ablative	spoliātōre	spoliātōribus
vocative	spoliātor	spoliātōrēs

Verb

spoliātor

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

References

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French spoliateur.

Noun

spoliator m (plural spoliatori, feminine equivalent spoliatoare)

1. spoliator

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	spoliator	spoliatorul		spoliatori	spoliatorii
genitive-dative	spoliator	spoliatorului		spoliatori	spoliatorilor
vocative	spoliatorule			spoliatorilor