persecutor

English

Alternative forms

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

Latin

Etymology

From persequor, persecutus.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /per.seˈkuː.tor/, [pɛrs̠ɛˈkuːt̪ɔr]
  • (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

Descendants

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

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 persequor, persecutus.

Noun

persecutor m (plural persecutores)

  1. persecutor

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