abolitor

abolitor

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep
Proto-Indo-European *-o
Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó
Proto-Italic *ap
Latin abder.
Latin ab-
Proto-Indo-European *h₃elh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *olō
Proto-Italic *oleō
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Latin aboleō
Proto-Indo-European *-tōr
Proto-Italic *-tōr
Latin -tor
Latin abolitor

    From aboleō (“destroy, abolish”) + -tor.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    abolitor m (genitive abolitōris); third declension

    1. A person or thing that takes something away or casts it into oblivion; an abolisher.

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative abolitor abolitōrēs
    genitive abolitōris abolitōrum
    dative abolitōrī abolitōribus
    accusative abolitōrem abolitōrēs
    ablative abolitōre abolitōribus
    vocative abolitor abolitōrēs

    Descendants

    • Italian: abolitore

    References

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