protestor

English edit

Etymology edit

protest +‎ -or

Noun edit

protestor (plural protestors)

Alternative spelling of protester
- 2013, Julian Sher, Somebody's Daughter:
  No flashy dressers, skimpily dressed starlets, or celebrities stepping out of stretch limos. Instead, on a warm Friday evening in June 2009, one hundred protestors sang prayers, chanted slogans, and carried signs […]
- 2020 December 16, Nigel Harris interviews Mark Thurston, “HS2 is still the right thing to do...”, in Rail, page 43:
  We also talk about dealing with protestors, whose actions are creating additional costs of tens of millions of pounds.

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From prō- +‎ testor.

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /proːˈtes.tor/, [proːˈt̪ɛs̠t̪ɔr]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /proˈtes.tor/, [proˈt̪ɛst̪or]

Verb edit

prōtestor (present infinitive prōtestārī, perfect active prōtestātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

to testify, bear witness
to protest

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of prōtestor (first conjugation, deponent)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	prōtestor	prōtestāris, prōtestāre	prōtestātur	prōtestāmur	prōtestāminī	prōtestantur
	imperfect	prōtestābar	prōtestābāris, prōtestābāre	prōtestābātur	prōtestābāmur	prōtestābāminī	prōtestābantur
	future	prōtestābor	prōtestāberis, prōtestābere	prōtestābitur	prōtestābimur	prōtestābiminī	prōtestābuntur
	perfect	prōtestātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	prōtestātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	prōtestātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	prōtester	prōtestēris, prōtestēre	prōtestētur	prōtestēmur	prōtestēminī	prōtestentur
	imperfect	prōtestārer	prōtestārēris, prōtestārēre	prōtestārētur	prōtestārēmur	prōtestārēminī	prōtestārentur
	perfect	prōtestātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	prōtestātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	prōtestāre	—	—	prōtestāminī	—
active	future	—	prōtestātor	prōtestātor	—	—	prōtestantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		prōtestārī	prōtestātum esse	prōtestātūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		prōtestāns	prōtestātus	prōtestātūrus	—	—	prōtestandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		prōtestandī	prōtestandō	prōtestandum	prōtestandō	prōtestātum	prōtestātū

Descendants edit

Catalan: protestar
English: protest
French: protester
Galician: protestar
Italian: protestare
Portuguese: protestar
Spanish: protestar
Romanian: protesta

References edit

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