fornicator

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English

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Etymology

From Middle English fornicatour, from Medieval Latin fornicātor.

Pronunciation

Noun

fornicator (plural fornicators)

  1. An unmarried person who engages in sexual intercourse, especially when considered to be of an illicit or illegal nature.
    Coordinate term: adulterer
    • 1611, The Holy Bible,  (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, 1 Corinthians 6:9–10, column 1:
      Know yee not that the vnrighteous ſhall not inherite the kingdome of God? Be not deceiued: neither fornicatours, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abuſers of themſelues with mankinde, Nor theeues, nor couetous, nor drunkards, nor reuilers, nor extortioners, ſhall inherit the kingdom of God.
    • 1917, Maulana Muhammad Ali (translator), Qu’ran 24:2
      (As for) the fornicatress and the fornicator, flog each of them, (giving) a hundred stripes, and let not pity for them detain you in the matter of obedience to Allah, if you believe in Allah and the last day, and let a party of believers witness their chastisement.

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Translations

Latin

Etymology

From fornicor (to fornicate) +‎ -tor.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

fornicātor m (genitive fornicātōris, feminine fornicātrīx); third declension

  1. fornicator (male)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative fornicātor fornicātōrēs
Genitive fornicātōris fornicātōrum
Dative fornicātōrī fornicātōribus
Accusative fornicātōrem fornicātōrēs
Ablative fornicātōre fornicātōribus
Vocative fornicātor fornicātōrēs

Synonyms

Descendants

  • French: fornicateur
  • Italian: fornicatore
  • Spanish: fornicador

References

  1. ^ “fornicare” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN