mactator

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Latin

Etymology

From mactō (“slaughter, kill”) +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /makˈtaː.tor/, [mäkˈt̪äːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /makˈta.tor/, [mäkˈt̪äːt̪or]

Noun

mactātor m (genitive mactātōris); third declension

1. slayer, murderer, slaughterer

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mactātor	mactātōrēs
Genitive	mactātōris	mactātōrum
Dative	mactātōrī	mactātōribus
Accusative	mactātōrem	mactātōrēs
Ablative	mactātōre	mactātōribus
Vocative	mactātor	mactātōrēs

Synonyms

• (murderer): carnifex, homicīda, interfector, percussor, sīcārius

Related terms

• mactābilis
• mactātiō
• mactātrīx
• mactātus
• mactō

References

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