tictator

Old English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dictātor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtik.tɑ.tor/

Noun

tictator m

1. a dictator (absolute ruler of the Roman Republic)
   • late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans

     Æfter þām hīe ġesetton tictator þæt hē sċolde bēon hearra ofer þā consulas, sē wæs hāten Decius Iūnius. Hē næs būtan seofontīenewintre.

     After that, they chose a dictator to rule over the consuls, whose name was Decius Junius. He was only seventeen years old.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	tictator	tictatoras
accusative	tictator	tictatoras
genitive	tictatores	tictatora
dative	tictatore	tictatorum

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “tictator”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.