debellator

Latin

Etymology

From dēbellō (“finish a war; conquer, subdue”) +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /deː.belˈlaː.tor/, [d̪eːbɛlˈlʲäːt̪ɔr]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de.belˈla.tor/, [d̪ebelˈläːt̪or]

Noun

dēbellātor m (genitive dēbellātōris); third declension

A conqueror, subduer.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dēbellātor	dēbellātōrēs
Genitive	dēbellātōris	dēbellātōrum
Dative	dēbellātōrī	dēbellātōribus
Accusative	dēbellātōrem	dēbellātōrēs
Ablative	dēbellātōre	dēbellātōribus
Vocative	dēbellātor	dēbellātōrēs

Synonyms

(conqueror): domitor, expugnātor, superātor, victor

Derived terms

dēbellātrix

Related terms

dēbellō

Descendants

Italian: debellatore
Spanish: debelador

References

“debellator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“debellator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
debellator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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