persecutor
English
Alternative forms
- persecutour (obsolete)
- persecuter (rare)
Etymology
From Middle English persecutour, from Old French persecutor and Latin persecūtor. Displaced native Old English ēhtere.
Noun
persecutor (plural persecutors)
- A person or thing that persecutes or harasses.
Translations
a person or thing that persecutes
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Latin
Etymology
From persequor, persecutus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /per.seˈkuː.tor/, [pɛrs̠ɛˈkuːt̪ɔr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /per.seˈku.tor/, [perseˈkuːt̪or]
Noun
persecūtor m (genitive persecūtōris); third declension
- pursuer
- de mortibus persecutorum.
- On the Deaths of the Persecutors. (Book by Lactantius)
- de mortibus persecutorum.
- (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
Romanian
Etymology
From French persécuteur.
Noun
persecutor m (plural persecutori)
- persecutor
Declension
Declension of persecutor
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) persecutor | persecutorul | (niște) persecutori | persecutorii |
genitive/dative | (unui) persecutor | persecutorului | (unor) persecutori | persecutorilor |
vocative | persecutorule | persecutorilor |
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin persecutor, from Latin persequor, persecutus.
Noun
persecutor m (plural persecutores)
- persecutor
Further reading
- “persecutor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014