caesor

caesor

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd-der.
Proto-Italic *kaidō
Latin caedō
Proto-Indo-European *-tōr
Proto-Italic *-tōr
Latin -tor
Latin caesor

    From caedō (“cut”) + -tor (agentive suffix).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    caesor m (genitive caesōris); third declension

    1. hewer, chopper, cutter
    2. killer, murderer
    3. one who fells smth., feller

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative caesor caesōrēs
    genitive caesōris caesōrum
    dative caesōrī caesōribus
    accusative caesōrem caesōrēs
    ablative caesōre caesōribus
    vocative caesor caesōrēs

    References

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