derogator
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin dērogātor, from dērogō.
Noun
editderogator (plural derogators)
- A detractor.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “derogator”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom dērogō (“repeal or modify part of a law; remove; disparage”) + -tor, from de (“of; from, away from”) + rogō (“ask; request”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /deː.roˈɡaː.tor/, [d̪eːrɔˈɡäːt̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /de.roˈɡa.tor/, [d̪eroˈɡäːt̪or]
Noun
editdērogātor m (genitive dērogātōris); third declension
- A detractor, depreciator.
Declension
editThird-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | dērogātor | dērogātōrēs |
Genitive | dērogātōris | dērogātōrum |
Dative | dērogātōrī | dērogātōribus |
Accusative | dērogātōrem | dērogātōrēs |
Ablative | dērogātōre | dērogātōribus |
Vocative | dērogātor | dērogātōrēs |
Related terms
editReferences
edit- “derogator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- derogator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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