accusator

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From literary French accusateur, from Latin accūsātōrem, accusative singular of accūsātor (“accuser”).[1] Doublet of accuser.

Noun

accusator (plural accusators)

  1. (archaic) A male accuser.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Oxford English Dictionary (2007)

Latin

Etymology

From accūsāre (“blame, accuse”) +‎ -tor, from ad (“to, towards, at”) + causa (“cause, reason, account, lawsuit”).

Pronunciation

Noun

accūsātor m (genitive accūsātōris, feminine accūsātrīx); third declension

  1. accuser, plaintiff
  2. denouncer, informer

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative accūsātor accūsātōrēs
genitive accūsātōris accūsātōrum
dative accūsātōrī accūsātōribus
accusative accūsātōrem accūsātōrēs
ablative accūsātōre accūsātōribus
vocative accūsātor accūsātōrēs

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: accusator, accuser
  • French: accusateur
  • Italian: accusatore
  • Old French: accusour
  • Portuguese: acusador
  • Romanian: acuzător
  • Spanish: acusador

References

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