calumniator
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin calumniātor.[1]
Noun[edit]
calumniator (plural calumniators)
- A person who calumniates (slanders, or makes personal attacks upon, others).
- 1857, Charles Dickens, Household Words: A Weekly Journal:
- He did not go to the police and cover the calumniator with infamy before the tribunals.
Translations[edit]
a person who calumniates
References[edit]
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “calumniator”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ka.lum.niˈaː.tor/, [käɫ̪ʊmniˈäːt̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ka.lum.niˈa.tor/, [kälumniˈäːt̪or]
Noun[edit]
calumniātor m (genitive calumniātōris, feminine calumniātrīx); third declension
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | calumniātor | calumniātōrēs |
Genitive | calumniātōris | calumniātōrum |
Dative | calumniātōrī | calumniātōribus |
Accusative | calumniātōrem | calumniātōrēs |
Ablative | calumniātōre | calumniātōribus |
Vocative | calumniātor | calumniātōrēs |
Descendants[edit]
- → English: calumniator
- French: calomniateur
- Italian: calunniatore
- Portuguese: caluniador
- Romanian: calomniator
- Spanish: calumniador
Verb[edit]
calumniātor
References[edit]
- “calumniator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “calumniator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- calumniator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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