extortor

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English

Noun

extortor (plural extortors)

  1. A muscle that carries out extorsion.

See also

Latin

Etymology

extorqueō (“to wrench out, extort”) +‎ -tor

Pronunciation

Noun

extortor m (genitive extortōris); third declension

  1. extorter

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative extortor extortōrēs
Genitive extortōris extortōrum
Dative extortōrī extortōribus
Accusative extortōrem extortōrēs
Ablative extortōre extortōribus
Vocative extortor extortōrēs

References

  • “extortor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “extortor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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