inquisitor
English
Alternative forms
- inquisitour (obsolete)
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French inquisiteur, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin inquīsītor
Noun
inquisitor (plural inquisitors)
- A person who inquires, especially searchingly or ruthlessly.
- An official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisition.
Derived terms
Translations
interrogator, questioner
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official of the Inquisition
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Further reading
- inquisitor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Latin
Etymology
Agent noun of inquīrō (“inquire, investigate”) (past participle inquīsītus).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /in.kʷiːˈsiː.tor/, [ɪŋkʷiːˈs̠iːt̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /in.kwiˈsi.tor/, [iŋkwiˈs̬iːt̪or]
Noun
inquīsītor m (genitive inquīsītōris); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | inquīsītor | inquīsītōrēs |
Genitive | inquīsītōris | inquīsītōrum |
Dative | inquīsītōrī | inquīsītōribus |
Accusative | inquīsītōrem | inquīsītōrēs |
Ablative | inquīsītōre | inquīsītōribus |
Vocative | inquīsītor | inquīsītōrēs |
Descendants
- Russian: инквизи́тор (inkvizítor)
References
- “inquisitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “inquisitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- inquisitor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.