aggressor
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See also: Aggressor
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- aggressour (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
From Latin aggressor (“attacker, assailant, aggressor”)
Noun[edit]
aggressor (plural aggressors)
- The person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression; that begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant.
Translations[edit]
the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression
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Danish[edit]
Noun[edit]
aggressor c (singular definite aggressoren, plural indefinite aggressorer)
Declension[edit]
Declension of aggressor
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | aggressor | aggressoren | aggressorer | aggressorerne |
genitive | aggressors | aggressorens | aggressorers | aggressorernes |
Further reading[edit]
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From aggredior (“attack, assault”) + -tor (agentive suffix).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /aɡˈɡres.sor/, [äɡˈɡrɛs̠ːɔr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aɡˈɡres.sor/, [ɑɡˈɡrɛsːɔr]
Noun[edit]
aggressor m (genitive aggressōris); third declension
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | aggressor | aggressōrēs |
Genitive | aggressōris | aggressōrum |
Dative | aggressōrī | aggressōribus |
Accusative | aggressōrem | aggressōrēs |
Ablative | aggressōre | aggressōribus |
Vocative | aggressor | aggressōrēs |
Descendants[edit]
- Catalan: agressor
- English: aggressor
- French: agresseur
- Italian: aggressore
- Portuguese: agressor
- Spanish: agresor
References[edit]
- aggressor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
- aggressor in Gaffiot, Félix, Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, 1934
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