accusator
English
Alternative forms
- accusatour (obsolete, rare)
Etymology
From literary French accusateur, from Latin accūsātōrem, accusative singular of accūsātor (“accuser”).[1] Doublet of accuser.
Noun
accusator (plural accusators)
Related terms
References
Latin
Etymology
From accūsō (“blame, accuse”), from ad (“to, towards, at”) + causa (“cause, reason, account, lawsuit”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ak.kuːˈsaː.tor/, [äkːuːˈs̠äːt̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ak.kuˈsa.tor/, [äkːuˈs̬äːt̪or]
Noun
accūsātor m (genitive accūsātōris); third declension
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
Related terms
Descendants
- English: accusator, accuser
- French: accusateur
- Italian: accusatore
- Old French: accusour
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
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