dictator
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- dictatour (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
From Latin dictātor (“a chief magistrate”), from dictō (“dictate, prescribe”), from dīcō (“say, speak”).
Surface analysis is dictate + -or (“(agent)”) “one who dictates”.
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Noun[edit]
dictator (plural dictators)
- A totalitarian leader of a country, nation, or government
- Originally, a magistrate without colleague in republican ancient Rome, who held full executive authority for a term granted by the senate (legislature), typically to conduct a war
- A tyrannical boss, or authority figure
- A person who dictates text (e.g. letters to a clerk)
- A ruler or Führer, the highest level of authority.
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Translations[edit]
totalitarian leader of a dictatorship
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tyrannical boss, or authority figure
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Noun[edit]
dictator m (plural dictatoren or dictators, diminutive dictatortje n)
- dictator (bossy senses)
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Latin[edit]
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Noun[edit]
dictātor m (genitive dictātōris); third declension
- an elected chief magistrate
- one who dictates.
Inflection[edit]
Case | Singular | Plural |
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nominative | dictātor | dictātōrēs |
genitive | dictātōris | dictātōrum |
dative | dictātōrī | dictātōribus |
accusative | dictātōrem | dictātōrēs |
ablative | dictātōre | dictātōribus |
vocative | dictātor | dictātōrēs |
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References[edit]
- dictator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- dictator in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- dictator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- dictator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to name a person dictator: dictatorem dicere (creare)
- a dictator appoints a magister equitum: dictator dicit (legit) magistrum equitum
- to name a person dictator: dictatorem dicere (creare)
- dictator in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- dictator in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French dictateur, Latin dictator.
Noun[edit]
dictator m (plural dictatori)
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- English terms derived from the PIE root *deyḱ-
- English terms derived from Latin
- English words suffixed with -or
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
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- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Dictation
- en:People
- Dutch terms with audio links
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch nouns with plural in -en
- Dutch nouns with lengthened vowel in the plural
- Dutch nouns with plural in -s
- Latin terms derived from the PIE root *deyḱ-
- Latin words suffixed with -tor
- Latin 3-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
- Latin nouns
- Latin masculine nouns
- Latin third declension nouns
- Latin masculine nouns in the third declension
- Latin words in Meissner and Auden's phrasebook
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