persecutor

English

Alternative forms

• persecutour (obsolete)
• persecuter (rare)

Etymology

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

Noun

persecutor (plural persecutors)

1. A person or thing that persecutes or harasses.

Translations

a person or thing that persecutes

• Macedonian: прого́нувач m (progónuvač), прого́нител m (progónitel)
• Old English: ēhtere
• Plautdietsch: Vefolja m

Latin

Etymology

From persequor, persecutus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /per.seˈkuː.tor/, [pɛrs̠ɛˈkuːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /per.seˈku.tor/, [perseˈkuːt̪or]

Noun

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

Third-declension noun.

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

Related terms

• persector

Descendants

• English: persecutor, persecute
• French: persécuteur
• Italian: persecutore
• Spanish: persecutor

References

• “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

Etymology

Borrowed from French persécuteur.

Noun

persecutor m (plural persecutori)

1. persecutor

Declension

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin persecutor, from Latin persecutus.

Noun

persecutor m (plural persecutores)

1. persecutor

Further reading

• “persecutor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014