praedator

See also: prædator

Latin

Etymology

From praedor.

Noun

praedātor m (genitive praedātōris); third declension

raider, plunderer, pillager, hunter
(biology) predator

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	praedātor	praedātōrēs
Genitive	praedātōris	praedātōrum
Dative	praedātōrī	praedātōribus
Accusative	praedātōrem	praedātōrēs
Ablative	praedātōre	praedātōribus
Vocative	praedātor	praedātōrēs

Derived terms

praedātōrius

Descendants

English: predator
French: prédateur
Italian: predatore
Portuguese: predador
Romanian: prădător
Spanish: predador

References

“praedator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“praedator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
praedator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

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