tromocrata

Latin

Etymology

From tromocratia, from Greek τρομοκρατία (tromokratía, “terrorism”), a calque of French terrorisme through Ancient Greek τρόμος (trómos, “trembling, fear”) and -κρατία (-kratía, “-cracy, rule”) (thus also producing Ancient Greek τρομόκρατης (tromókratēs, “terrorist”))

Noun

tromocrata m (genitive tromocratae); first declension

1. (New Latin) terrorist, person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
   • Ephemeris (Lydia Ariminensis), Magnae Caedes Lutetiae Perpetrata Terrorem Fudit 17/11/2015:

     ...VII tromocratae perierunt, octavus effugit.

     ...seven terrorists died, the eighth fled.

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	tromocrata	tromocratae
genitive	tromocratae	tromocratārum
dative	tromocratae	tromocratīs
accusative	tromocratam	tromocratās
ablative	tromocratā	tromocratīs
vocative	tromocrata	tromocratae

Synonyms

• terrōrista