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persecutor

English edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Middle English persecutour, from Old French persecutor and Latin persecūtor. Displaced native Old English ēhtere.

Noun edit

persecutor (plural persecutors)

  1. A person or thing that persecutes or harasses.

Translations edit

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From persequor, persecutus.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

persecūtor m (genitive persecūtōris); third declension

  1. pursuer
    de mortibus persecutorum.
    On the Deaths of the Persecutors. (Book by Lactantius)
  2. (Ecclesiastical Latin) persecutor of Christians

Declension edit

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative persecūtor persecūtōrēs
Genitive persecūtōris persecūtōrum
Dative persecūtōrī persecūtōribus
Accusative persecūtōrem persecūtōrēs
Ablative persecūtōre persecūtōribus
Vocative persecūtor persecūtōrēs

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Descendants edit

References edit

  • “persecutor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • persecutor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French persécuteur.

Noun edit

persecutor m (plural persecutori)

  1. persecutor

Declension edit

Declension of persecutor
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) persecutor persecutorul (niște) persecutori persecutorii
genitive/dative (unui) persecutor persecutorului (unor) persecutori persecutorilor
vocative persecutorule persecutorilor

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin persecutor, from Latin persecutus.

Noun edit

persecutor m (plural persecutores)

  1. persecutor

Further reading edit

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