maledictor

Latin

Etymology

From maledīcō (“slander, curse”) +‎ -tor (“-er”, agent suffix).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ma.leˈdik.tor/, [mäɫ̪ɛˈd̪ɪkt̪ɔr]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ma.leˈdik.tor/, [mäleˈd̪ikt̪or]

Noun

maledictor m (genitive maledictōris); third declension

  1. a reviler, slanderer

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative maledictor maledictōrēs
Genitive maledictōris maledictōrum
Dative maledictōrī maledictōribus
Accusative maledictōrem maledictōrēs
Ablative maledictōre maledictōribus
Vocative maledictor maledictōrēs

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