fornicator

English

Alternative forms

• fornicatour (obsolete)

Etymology

fornicate +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

fornicator (plural fornicators)

1. (derogatory) 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), imprinted at London: By 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.

   • (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

• fornicatress, fornicatresses f (very rare)
• fornicatrix, fornicatrices f (very rare)

Translations

unmarried person who engages in sexual intercourse

• Arabic: زَانٍ‎ (zānin)
• Dutch: ontuchtige (nl) c
• French: fornicateur (fr) m, forniqueur (fr) m, fornicatrice (fr) f

• German: Hurenbock (de) m, Hurer m, Hure (de) f, Unzuchtsünder m, Unzuchtsünderin f, Unzüchtiger m, Unzüchtige f
• Irish: táthach m

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Latin

Etymology

Derived from fornicor (“to fornicate”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

fornicātor m (genitive fornicātōris); third declension

1. fornicator (male)

Declension

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

• fornicārius

Related terms

• fornicātrīx

Descendants

• French: fornicateur
• 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