derogator
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin dērogātor, from dērogō.
Noun edit
derogator (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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 edit
Etymology edit
From dērogō (“repeal or modify part of a law; remove; disparage”) + -tor, from de (“of; from, away from”) + rogō (“ask; request”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /deː.roˈɡaː.tor/, [d̪eːrɔˈɡäːt̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /de.roˈɡa.tor/, [d̪eroˈɡäːt̪or]
Noun edit
dērogātor m (genitive dērogātōris); third declension
- A detractor, depreciator.
Declension edit
Third-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 edit
References 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.