accusator

English

Alternative forms

• accusatour (obsolete, rare)

Etymology

From literary French accusateur, from Latin accūsātōrem, accusative singular of accūsātor (“accuser”). Doublet of accuser.

Noun

accusator (plural accusators)

1. (archaic) A male accuser;

Related terms

• accusatorial → accusatorially
• accusatory
• accusatrix

Latin

Etymology

From accūsō (“blame, accuse”) +‎ -tor, from ad (“to, towards, at”) + causa (“cause, reason, account, lawsuit”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ak.kuːˈsaː.tor/, [äkːuːˈs̠äːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ak.kuˈsa.tor/, [äkːuˈs̬äːt̪or]

Noun

accūsātor m (genitive accūsātōris); third declension

1. accuser, plaintiff
2. denouncer, informer

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	accūsātor	accūsātōrēs
Genitive	accūsātōris	accūsātōrum
Dative	accūsātōrī	accūsātōribus
Accusative	accūsātōrem	accūsātōrēs
Ablative	accūsātōre	accūsātōribus
Vocative	accūsātor	accūsātōrēs

Derived terms

• accūsātōrius
• accūsātrīx

Related terms

• accūsābilis
• accūsātiō
• accūsātīvus
• accūsātōriē
• accūsitō
• accūsō

Descendants

• English: accusator, accuser
• French: accusateur
• Italian: accusatore
• Old French: accusour
• Portuguese: acusador
• Romanian: acuzător
• Spanish: acusador

References

• “accusator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “accusator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers