persecutor
English
Alternative forms
- persecutour (obsolete)
Noun
persecutor (plural persecutors)
- A person or thing that persecutes or harasses.
Latin
Etymology
From persequor, persecutus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /per.seˈkuː.tor/, [pɛrs̠ɛˈkuːt̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /per.seˈku.tor/, [perseˈkuːt̪or]
Noun
persecūtor m (genitive persecūtōris); third declension
- pursuer
- (Ecclesiastical Latin) persecutor of Christians
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | persecūtor | persecūtōrēs |
Genitive | persecūtōris | persecūtōrum |
Dative | persecūtōrī | persecūtōribus |
Accusative | persecūtōrem | persecūtōrēs |
Ablative | persecūtōre | persecūtōribus |
Vocative | persecūtor | persecūtōrēs |
Related terms
Descendants
- English: persecutor, persecute
- French: persécuteur
- Italian: persecutore
- Spanish: persecutor
References
- “persecutor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- persecutor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin persecutor, from Latin persequor, persecutus.
Noun
persecutor m (plural persecutores)
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