persecutor

English

Alternative forms

• persecutour (obsolete)

Noun

persecutor (plural persecutors)

1. A person or thing that persecutes or harasses.

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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

1. pursuer
2. (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

• persector

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.

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin persecutor, from Latin persequor, persecutus.

Noun

persecutor m (plural persecutores)

1. persecutor