transgressor
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English
Alternative forms
- transgressour (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English transgressour, from Anglo-Norman transgressour, from Latin transgressor. Equivalent to transgress + -or.
Noun
transgressor (plural transgressors)
- Someone who transgresses.
Related terms
Translations
someone who transgresses
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Latin
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /transˈɡres.sor/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /transˈɡres.sor/,
Noun
trānsgressor m (genitive trānsgressōris); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | trānsgressor | trānsgressōrēs |
| genitive | trānsgressōris | trānsgressōrum |
| dative | trānsgressōrī | trānsgressōribus |
| accusative | trānsgressōrem | trānsgressōrēs |
| ablative | trānsgressōre | trānsgressōribus |
| vocative | trānsgressor | trānsgressōrēs |
Descendants
- Catalan: transgressor
- French: transgresseur
- Galician: transgresor
- Italian: trasgressore
- Portuguese: transgressor
- Spanish: transgresor
References
- “transgressor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- transgressor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Middle English
Noun
transgressor
- Alternative form of transgressour
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin trānsgressōrem.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- Hyphenation: trans‧gres‧sor
Noun
transgressor m (plural transgressores, feminine transgressora, feminine plural transgressoras)
- offender; transgressor (a person who commits an offence)
Adjective
transgressor (feminine transgressora, masculine plural transgressores, feminine plural transgressoras)
- transgressing (acting in violation of a rule)
Related terms
Further reading
- “transgressor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024