extortor

extortor

English

Noun

extortor (plural extortors)

  1. A muscle that carries out extorsion.

See also

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs
Proto-Italic *eks
Latin ex
Latin ex-
Latin torqueō
Latin extorqueō
Proto-Indo-European *-tōr
Proto-Italic *-tōr
Latin -tor
Latin extortor

    From extorqueō (“to wrench out, extort”) + -tor.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    extortor m (genitive extortōris); third declension

    1. extorter

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative extortor extortōrēs
    genitive extortōris extortōrum
    dative extortōrī extortōribus
    accusative extortōrem extortōrēs
    ablative extortōre extortōribus
    vocative extortor extortōrēs

    References

    • “extortor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “extortor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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