caesor

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Latin

Etymology

caedō (cut) +‎ -tor (agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

caesor m (genitive caesōris); third declension

  1. hewer, chopper, cutter
  2. killer, murderer
  3. one who fells smth., feller

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative caesor caesōrēs
genitive caesōris caesōrum
dative caesōrī caesōribus
accusative caesōrem caesōrēs
ablative caesōre caesōribus
vocative caesor caesōrēs

References

  • caesor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • caesor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.