praevaricator

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Latin

Noun

praevāricātor m (genitive praevāricātōris); third declension

  1. A person (especially an advocate) who violates his duty; prevaricator
  2. sinner, transgressor
  3. apostate

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative praevāricātor praevāricātōrēs
genitive praevāricātōris praevāricātōrum
dative praevāricātōrī praevāricātōribus
accusative praevāricātōrem praevāricātōrēs
ablative praevāricātōre praevāricātōribus
vocative praevāricātor praevāricātōrēs

References

  • “praevaricator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “praevaricator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • praevaricator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “praevaricator”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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