fornicator
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- fornicatour (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
fornicator (plural fornicators)
- An unmarried person who engages in sexual intercourse, especially when considered to be of an illicit or illegal nature.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, 1 Corinthians 6:9–10:
- Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
- 1917, Maulana Muhammad Ali (translator), Qu’ran 24:2
- (As for) the fornicatress and the fornicator, flog each of them, (giving) a hundred stripes, and let not pity for them detain you in the matter of obedience to Allah, if you believe in Allah and the last day, and let a party of believers witness their chastisement.
Synonyms[edit]
- See also Thesaurus:libertine
Related terms[edit]
- fornicatress, fornicatresses f (very rare)
- fornicatrix, fornicatrices f (very rare)
Translations[edit]
unmarried person who engages in sexual intercourse
|
|
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Derived from fornicor (“to fornicate”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /for.niˈkaː.tor/, [fɔr.nɪˈkaː.t̪ɔr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /for.niˈka.tor/, [fɔr.niˈkaː.t̪ɔr]
Noun[edit]
fornicātor m (genitive fornicātōris); third declension
- fornicator (male)
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | fornicātor | fornicātōrēs |
Genitive | fornicātōris | fornicātōrum |
Dative | fornicātōrī | fornicātōribus |
Accusative | fornicātōrem | fornicātōrēs |
Ablative | fornicātōre | fornicātōribus |
Vocative | fornicātor | fornicātōrēs |
Synonyms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- French: fornicateur
- Italian: fornicatore
References[edit]
- fornicator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- fornicator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- fornicator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Categories:
- English words suffixed with -or
- English 4-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with quotations
- en:People
- en:Sex
- Latin 4-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin terms with Ecclesiastical IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
- Latin nouns
- Latin masculine nouns
- Latin third declension nouns
- Latin masculine nouns in the third declension