punitor

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Latin

Etymology

From pūniō (“punish”) +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

Noun

pūnītor m (genitive pūnītōris); third declension

  1. a punisher
  2. an avenger

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pūnītor pūnītōrēs
Genitive pūnītōris pūnītōrum
Dative pūnītōrī pūnītōribus
Accusative pūnītōrem pūnītōrēs
Ablative pūnītōre pūnītōribus
Vocative pūnītor pūnītōrēs

Descendants

  • Catalan: punidor
  • Italian: punitore
  • Portuguese: punidor
  • Spanish: punidor

Verb

pūnītor

  1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of pūniō

References

  • “punitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “punitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • punitor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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