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captor

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Late Latin captor, from Latin capiō. English usage began around 1688.

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Noun

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captor (plural captors)

  1. One who is holding a captive or captives.
  2. One who catches or has caught or captured something or someone.

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Latin

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Etymology

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From the verb capīo (“I take, capture, seize”).

Verb

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captor

  1. first-person singular present passive indicative of captō

Noun

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captor m (genitive captōris, feminine captrīx); third declension

  1. one who catches or captures
  2. captor
  3. hunter, huntsman

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative captor captōrēs
Genitive captōris captōrum
Dative captōrī captōribus
Accusative captōrem captōrēs
Ablative captōre captōribus
Vocative captor captōrēs
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Descendants

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  • English: captor
  • Portuguese: captor
  • Spanish: captor

References

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

Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Latin captor.

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  • Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -oɾ, (Brazil) -oʁ
  • Hyphenation: cap‧tor

Noun

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captor m (plural captores, feminine captora, feminine plural captoras)

  1. captor
    • 2018 November 13, “A espada” (18:58 from the start), in She-Ra e as Princesas do Poder, season 1, episode 1 (streaming), spoken by Adora (Lina Mendes), Rio de Janeiro: Gramophone, dubbing of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power: The Sword, via Netflix:
      Prefiro não trocar gentilezas com meus captores.
      [original: I prefer not to swap pleasantries with my captors.]

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From Latin captor.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kabˈtoɾ/ [kaβ̞ˈt̪oɾ]
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: cap‧tor

Noun

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captor m (plural captores, feminine captora, feminine plural captoras)

  1. captor
    • 2015 July 17, “Dos detenidos por secuestrar a una joven por una deuda de drogas”, in El País‎[1]:
      Los agentes pudieron rescatar a la mujer un día y medio más tarde, cuando sus captores la trasladaban en un vehículo.
      The police officers were able to rescue the woman a day and a half later, when her captors were transporting her in a vehicle.

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