derogator
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dērogātor, from dērogō.
Noun
derogator (plural derogators)
- A detractor.
Latin
Etymology
From dērogō (“repeal or modify part of a law; remove; disparage”) + -tor, from de (“of; from, away from”) + rogō (“ask; request”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [deː.rɔˈɡaː.tɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [d̪e.roˈɡaː.t̪or]
Noun
dērogātor m (genitive dērogātōris); third declension
- A detractor, depreciator.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | dērogātor | dērogātōrēs |
genitive | dērogātōris | dērogātōrum |
dative | dērogātōrī | dērogātōribus |
accusative | dērogātōrem | dērogātōrēs |
ablative | dērogātōre | dērogātōribus |
vocative | dērogātor | dērogātōrēs |
Related terms
References
- “derogator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- derogator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.