derogator

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dērogātor, from dērogō.

Noun

derogator (plural derogators)

1. A detractor.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “derogator”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Latin

Etymology

From dērogō (“repeal or modify part of a law; remove; disparage”) +‎ -tor, from de (“of; from, away from”) + rogō (“ask; request”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /deː.roˈɡaː.tor/, [d̪eːrɔˈɡäːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de.roˈɡa.tor/, [d̪eroˈɡäːt̪or]

Noun

dērogātor m (genitive dērogātōris); third declension

1. A detractor, depreciator.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dērogātor	dērogātōrēs
Genitive	dērogātōris	dērogātōrum
Dative	dērogātōrī	dērogātōribus
Accusative	dērogātōrem	dērogātōrēs
Ablative	dērogātōre	dērogātōribus
Vocative	dērogātor	dērogātōrēs

Related terms

• dērogātiō
• dērogātōrius
• dērogō

References

• “derogator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• derogator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.