depopulator

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English

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English depopulator, borrowed Latin dēpopulātor. By surface analysis, depopulate +‎ -or.

Noun

depopulator (plural depopulators)

  1. A person who depopulates an area, especially one who forcibly removes people from an estate.

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From dēpopulor (“to sack, ravage”) +‎ -tor.

Noun

dēpopulātor m (genitive dēpopulātōris); third declension

  1. marauder, pillager
Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative dēpopulātor dēpopulātōrēs
genitive dēpopulātōris dēpopulātōrum
dative dēpopulātōrī dēpopulātōribus
accusative dēpopulātōrem dēpopulātōrēs
ablative dēpopulātōre dēpopulātōribus
vocative dēpopulātor dēpopulātōrēs

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

dēpopulātor

  1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of dēpopulō

References

  • “depopulator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “depopulator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • depopulator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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