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Latin
Etymology
From oppugnō (“assault, attack”) + -tor (agent noun suffix).
Noun
oppugnātor m (genitive oppugnātōris); third declension
- attacker, assailant
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Verb
oppugnātor
- second/third-person singular future passive imperative of oppugnō
References
- “oppugnator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “oppugnator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- oppugnator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- oppugnator in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016