English edit

Etymology edit

From Latin calumniātor.[1]

Noun edit

calumniator (plural calumniators)

  1. A person who calumniates (slanders, or makes personal attacks upon, others).
    • 1857, Charles Dickens, Household Words: A Weekly Journal:
      He did not go to the police and cover the calumniator with infamy before the tribunals.

Translations edit

References edit

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024), “calumniator”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From calumnior +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

calumniātor m (genitive calumniātōris, feminine calumniātrīx); third declension

  1. pettifogger
  2. chicaner

Declension edit

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative calumniātor calumniātōrēs
Genitive calumniātōris calumniātōrum
Dative calumniātōrī calumniātōribus
Accusative calumniātōrem calumniātōrēs
Ablative calumniātōre calumniātōribus
Vocative calumniātor calumniātōrēs

Descendants edit

Verb edit

calumniātor

  1. second/third-person singular future active imperative of calumnior

References edit

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