violator

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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

violate +‎ -or

Noun

violator (plural violators)

  1. One who violates (a rule, a boundary, another person's body, etc.); offender
    1. (literary, euphemistic) One who violates another person's body as through forced sexual activity
  2. In the publishing and packaging industries, a visual element that intentionally "violates" the underlying design, such as a starburst, color bar or "splat" on a product package or magazine cover intended to attract special attention.

Translations

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

violō +‎ -tor

Noun

violātor m (genitive violātōris); third declension

  1. injurer, profaner, violator
Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative violātor violātōrēs
Genitive violātōris violātōrum
Dative violātōrī violātōribus
Accusative violātōrem violātōrēs
Ablative violātōre violātōribus
Vocative violātor violātōrēs
Descendants

Etymology 2

Verb

violātor

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

References

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French violateur.

Noun

violator m (plural violatori)

  1. rapist
  2. violator

Declension

Declension of violator
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) violator violatorul (niște) violatori violatorii
genitive/dative (unui) violator violatorului (unor) violatori violatorilor
vocative violatorule violatorilor
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