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. The Oxford English Dictionary (2007)

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

accūsātor m (genitive accūsātōris); third declension

  1. accuser, plaintiff
  2. denouncer, informer

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative accūsātor accūsātōrēs
Genitive accūsātōris accūsātōrum
Dative accūsātōrī accūsātōribus
Accusative accūsātōrem accūsātōrēs
Ablative accūsātōre accūsātōribus
Vocative accūsātor accūsātōrēs

Derived terms

Descendants

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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