pervasor
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pɛrˈwaː.sɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [perˈvaː.s̬or]
Noun
pervāsor m (genitive pervāsōris); third declension (Late Latin, Medieval Latin)
- invader
- Synonym: invāsor
- usurper
- c. 870, Anastasius Bibliothecarius, transl., Gesta sanctae ac universalis octavae synodi […], actio 7:
- Jam manifestum est, o dilectissimi fratres et consacerdotes, in praecedenti actione hujus sanctae ac magnae synodi, quomodo admonitus sit Photius forensis et curialis, et pervasor Constantinopolitanae ecclesiae […]
- Now it is evident, dearest brothers and fellow-priests, in the previous transaction of this holy and great synod, in what manner Photius the layman and courtier, the usurper of the Constantinopolitan Church, is to be admonished […]
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pervāsor | pervāsōrēs |
| genitive | pervāsōris | pervāsōrum |
| dative | pervāsōrī | pervāsōribus |
| accusative | pervāsōrem | pervāsōrēs |
| ablative | pervāsōre | pervāsōribus |
| vocative | pervāsor | pervāsōrēs |
References
- “pervasor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- "pervasor", 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)
- pervasor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “pervasor”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 795