pacificator
English
Etymology
From Latin pācificātor.
Noun
pacificator (plural pacificators)
- A peacemaker, a pacifier.
- 1905, Rossiter Johnson, The Great Events by Famous Historians, Vol. 8[1]:
- Instead of his services being appreciated, he was accused as a usurper and intruder; he was made responsible for the injuries and prejudices of which his accuser loudly complained; and the founder and pacificator of the Darien was to be prosecuted for the criminal charges brought against him.
Latin
Etymology
From pācificō (“I make or negotiate a peace; pacify”) + -tor, from pāx (“peace”) + faciō (“I do, make”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [paː.kɪ.fɪˈkaː.tɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [pa.t͡ʃi.fiˈkaː.t̪or]
Noun
pācificātor m (genitive pācificātōris, feminine pācificātrīx); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pācificātor | pācificātōrēs |
| genitive | pācificātōris | pācificātōrum |
| dative | pācificātōrī | pācificātōribus |
| accusative | pācificātōrem | pācificātōrēs |
| ablative | pācificātōre | pācificātōribus |
| vocative | pācificātor | pācificātōrēs |
Synonyms
- (pacifier): pācātor
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- → Catalan: pacificador
- → French: pacificateur
- → Romanian: pacificator
- → Galician: pacificador
- → Italian: pacificatore
- → Occitan: pacificador
- → Portuguese: pacificador
- → Spanish: pacificador
References
- “pacificator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pacificator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pacificator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French pacificateur. Equivalent to pacifica + -tor.
Noun
pacificator m (plural pacificatori)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | pacificator | pacificatorul | pacificatori | pacificatorii | |
| genitive-dative | pacificator | pacificatorului | pacificatori | pacificatorilor | |
| vocative | pacificatorule | pacificatorilor | |||