pacificator
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin pācificātor.
Noun edit
pacificator (plural pacificators)
- A peacemaker, a pacifier.
- 1905, Rossiter Johnson, The Great Events by Famous Historians, Vol. 8[1]:
- Instead of his services being appreciated, he was accused as a usurper and intruder; he was made responsible for the injuries and prejudices of which his accuser loudly complained; and the founder and pacificator of the Darien was to be prosecuted for the criminal charges brought against him.
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From pācificō (“I make or negotiate a peace; pacify”) + -tor, from pāx (“peace”) + faciō (“I do, make”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /paː.ki.fiˈkaː.tor/, [päːkɪfɪˈkäːt̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pa.t͡ʃi.fiˈka.tor/, [pät͡ʃifiˈkäːt̪or]
Noun edit
pācificātor m (genitive pācificātōris, feminine pācificātrīx); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | pācificātor | pācificātōrēs |
Genitive | pācificātōris | pācificātōrum |
Dative | pācificātōrī | pācificātōribus |
Accusative | pācificātōrem | pācificātōrēs |
Ablative | pācificātōre | pācificātōribus |
Vocative | pācificātor | pācificātōrēs |
Synonyms edit
- (pacifier): pācātor
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Catalan: pacificador
- → French: pacificateur
- → Romanian: pacificator
- → Galician: pacificador
- → Italian: pacificatore
- → Occitan: pacificador
- → Portuguese: pacificador
- → Spanish: pacificador
References edit
- “pacificator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pacificator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pacificator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French pacificateur. Equivalent to pacifica + -tor.
Noun edit
pacificator m (plural pacificatori)
Declension edit
Declension of pacificator
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) pacificator | pacificatorul | (niște) pacificatori | pacificatorii |
genitive/dative | (unui) pacificator | pacificatorului | (unor) pacificatori | pacificatorilor |
vocative | pacificatorule | pacificatorilor |