tromocrata

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From tromocratia, from Greek τρομοκρατία (tromokratía, terrorism), a calque of French terrorisme through Ancient Greek τρόμος (trómos, trembling, fear) and -κρατία (-kratía, -cracy, rule) (thus also producing Ancient Greek τρομόκρατης (tromókratēs, terrorist))

Noun[edit]

tromocrata m (genitive tromocratae); first declension

  1. (New Latin) terrorist, person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
    • Ephemeris (Lydia Ariminensis), Magnae Caedes Lutetiae Perpetrata Terrorem Fudit 17/11/2015:
      ...VII tromocratae perierunt, octavus effugit.
      ...seven terrorists died, the eighth fled.

Declension[edit]

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tromocrata tromocratae
Genitive tromocratae tromocratārum
Dative tromocratae tromocratīs
Accusative tromocratam tromocratās
Ablative tromocratā tromocratīs
Vocative tromocrata tromocratae

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