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Latin
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
dētrectō (“to refuse; to belittle”) + -tor
Noun
dētrectātor m (genitive dētrectātōris); third declension
- one who declines or refuses
- one who diminishes or disparages
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
dētrectātor
- second/third-person singular future passive imperative of dētrectō
References
- “detrectator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “detrectator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- detrectator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.