derogator

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dērogātor, from dērogō.

Noun

derogator (plural derogators)

  1. A detractor.

Latin

Etymology

From dērogō (“repeal or modify part of a law; remove; disparage”) +‎ -tor, from de (“of; from, away from”) + rogō (“ask; request”).

Pronunciation

Noun

dērogātor m (genitive dērogātōris); third declension

  1. A detractor, depreciator.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative dērogātor dērogātōrēs
genitive dērogātōris dērogātōrum
dative dērogātōrī dērogātōribus
accusative dērogātōrem dērogātōrēs
ablative dērogātōre dērogātōribus
vocative dērogātor dērogātōrēs

References

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