decimator
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
decimator (plural decimators)
- One who decimates, particularly:
- A devastator or destroyer.
- A collector or receiver of tithes.
Synonyms edit
- (one who devastates): See destroyer
- (one who collects tithes): See tithe proctor
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Etymology 1 edit
Verb edit
decimātor
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
decimātor m (genitive decimātōris); third declension
- (Medieval Latin) tithe collector
Conjugation edit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | decimātor | decimātōrēs |
Genitive | decimātōris | decimātōrum |
Dative | decimātōrī | decimātōribus |
Accusative | decimātōrem | decimātōrēs |
Ablative | decimātōre | decimātōribus |
Vocative | decimātor | decimātōrēs |
References edit
- decimator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “decimator”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 308