spoliator
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈspoʊliˌeɪtɚ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
spoliator (plural spoliators)
- (obsolete) One who spoliates.
- 1887, William Crossing, The Ancient Crosses of Dartmoor, Exeter: James G Commin, page 57:
- But the rude spoliator came, and that which time had spared, speedily fell beneath his hand. The contemplation of the ruins to-day, cannot but cause regret and sorrow to the lover of our antiquities, and a feeling of indignation will not allow itself to be suppressed, when we reflect upon the wanton destruction of this ancient sepulchre.
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [spɔ.liˈaː.tɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [spo.liˈaː.t̪or]
Noun
spoliātor m (genitive spoliātōris, feminine spoliātrīx); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | spoliātor | spoliātōrēs |
| genitive | spoliātōris | spoliātōrum |
| dative | spoliātōrī | spoliātōribus |
| accusative | spoliātōrem | spoliātōrēs |
| ablative | spoliātōre | spoliātōribus |
| vocative | spoliātor | spoliātōrēs |
Verb
spoliātor
- second/third-person singular future passive imperative of spoliō
References
- “spoliator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “spoliator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- spoliator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French spoliateur.
Noun
spoliator m (plural spoliatori, feminine equivalent spoliatoare)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | spoliator | spoliatorul | spoliatori | spoliatorii | |
| genitive-dative | spoliator | spoliatorului | spoliatori | spoliatorilor | |
| vocative | spoliatorule | spoliatorilor | |||