decimator
English
Etymology
decimate + -or
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdɛsɪˌmeɪtə(ɹ)/
Noun
decimator (plural decimators)
- One who decimates, particularly:
- A devastator or destroyer.
- A collector or receiver of tithes.
Synonyms
- (one who devastates): See destroyer
- (one who collects tithes): See tithe proctor
Anagrams
- macrotide, medicator, mediocrat, mercadito
Latin
Verb
decimātor
- second/third-person singular future passive imperative of decimō
Etymology 2
decimō + -tor
Noun
decimātor m (genitive decimātōris); third declension
- (Medieval Latin) tithe collector
Conjugation
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | decimātor | decimātōrēs |
| Genitive | decimātōris | decimātōrum |
| Dative | decimātōrī | decimātōribus |
| Accusative | decimātōrem | decimātōrēs |
| Ablative | decimātōre | decimātōribus |
| Vocative | decimātor | decimātōrēs |
References
- decimator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “decimator”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 308