praedator

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Latin

Etymology

From praedor +‎ -tor.

Noun

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praedātor m (genitive praedātōris); third declension

  1. raider, plunderer, pillager, hunter
  2. (biology) predator

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative praedātor praedātōrēs
genitive praedātōris praedātōrum
dative praedātōrī praedātōribus
accusative praedātōrem praedātōrēs
ablative praedātōre praedātōribus
vocative praedātor praedātōrēs

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • praedator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • praedator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • praedator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 487