decimator
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdɛsɪˌmeɪtə(ɹ)/
Noun
decimator (plural decimators)
- One who decimates, particularly:
- A devastator or destroyer.
- A collector or receiver of tithes.
Synonyms
- (one who devastates): See destroyer
- (one who collects tithes): See tithe proctor
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology 1
Verb
decimātor
- second/third-person singular future passive imperative of decimō
Etymology 2
Noun
decimātor m (genitive decimātōris); third declension
- (Medieval Latin) tithe collector
Conjugation
Third-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | decimātor | decimātōrēs |
genitive | decimātōris | decimātōrum |
dative | decimātōrī | decimātōribus |
accusative | decimātōrem | decimātōrēs |
ablative | decimātōre | decimātōribus |
vocative | decimātor | decimātōrēs |
References
- "decimator", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “decimator”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 308