dissuasor

Latin

Etymology

From dissuādeō (“advise against, dissuade”) +‎ -tor (“-er”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /dis.suˈaː.sor/, [d̪ɪs̠ːuˈäːs̠ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /dis.suˈa.sor/, [d̪isːuˈäːs̬or]

Noun

dissuāsor m (genitive dissuāsōris); third declension

1. an objector, opposer, one who advises against

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dissuāsor	dissuāsōrēs
Genitive	dissuāsōris	dissuāsōrum
Dative	dissuāsōrī	dissuāsōribus
Accusative	dissuāsōrem	dissuāsōrēs
Ablative	dissuāsōre	dissuāsōribus
Vocative	dissuāsor	dissuāsōrēs

Descendants

• Italian: dissuasore
• Spanish: disuasor

References

• “dissuasor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “dissuasor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers