tromocrata

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Latin

Etymology

From tromocratia, from Greek τρομοκρατία (tromokratía, “terrorism”), a calque of French terrorisme through Ancient Greek τρόμος (trómos, “trembling, fear”) and -κρατία (-kratía, “-cracy, rule”) (thus also producing Ancient Greek τρομόκρατης (tromókratēs, “terrorist”))

Noun

tromocrata m (genitive tromocratae); first declension

  1. (New Latin) terrorist, person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
    • Ephemeris (Lydia Ariminensis), Magnae Caedes Lutetiae Perpetrata Terrorem Fudit 17/11/2015:
      ...VII tromocratae perierunt, octavus effugit.
      ...seven terrorists died, the eighth fled.

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative tromocrata tromocratae
genitive tromocratae tromocratārum
dative tromocratae tromocratīs
accusative tromocratam tromocratās
ablative tromocratā tromocratīs
vocative tromocrata tromocratae

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