fornicator

English

Alternative forms

• fornicatour (obsolete)

Etymology

fornicate +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /fɔː(ɹ).nɪ.keɪ.tə(ɹ)/

Noun

fornicator (plural fornicators)

1. (pejorative) An unmarried person who engages in sexual intercourse, especially when considered to be of an illicit or illegal nature.
   • 1611, Bible (King James Version), 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.

   • (Can we date this quote?) Qu’ran 24:2, M.H. Shakir translation.

     (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

• See also Thesaurus:libertine

Related terms

• fornacatrix, fornacatrices f (very rare)
• fornicatress, fornicatresses f (very rare)

Translations

unmarried person who engages in sexual intercourse

• Arabic: زَانٍ‎‎ (zānin)
• Dutch: ontuchtige (nl) c

• Irish: táthach m

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Latin

Etymology

Derived from fornicor (“to fornicate”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /for.niˈkaː.tor/, [fɔr.nɪˈkaː.tɔr]

Noun

fornicātor m (genitive fornicātōris); third declension

1. fornicator (male)

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	fornicātor	fornicātōrēs
genitive	fornicātōris	fornicātōrum
dative	fornicātōrī	fornicātōribus
accusative	fornicātōrem	fornicātōrēs
ablative	fornicātōre	fornicātōribus
vocative	fornicātor	fornicātōrēs

Related terms

• fornicātrīx

Descendants

• Italian: fornicatore

References

• 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