persecutor

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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English persecutour, from Old French persecutor and Latin persecūtor. Displaced native Old English ēhtere.

Noun

persecutor (plural persecutors)

  1. A person or thing that persecutes or harasses.

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From persequor, persecutus.

Pronunciation

Noun

persecūtor m (genitive persecūtōris); third declension

  1. pursuer
    de mortibus persecutorum.
    On the Deaths of the Persecutors. (Book by Lactantius)
  2. (Ecclesiastical Latin) persecutor of Christians

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative persecūtor persecūtōrēs
genitive persecūtōris persecūtōrum
dative persecūtōrī persecūtōribus
accusative persecūtōrem persecūtōrēs
ablative persecūtōre persecūtōribus
vocative persecūtor persecūtōrēs

Descendants

References

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French persécuteur.

Noun

persecutor m (plural persecutori)

  1. persecutor

Declension

Declension of persecutor
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative persecutor persecutorul persecutori persecutorii
genitive-dative persecutor persecutorului persecutori persecutorilor
vocative persecutorule persecutorilor

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin persecutor, from Latin persecutus.

Noun

persecutor m (plural persecutores)

  1. persecutor

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