liberator

See also: Liberator

English

Etymology

From Latin līberātor (one who sets free), from līberāre, past participle līberātus (to set free); see liberate.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɪbəɹeɪtə(ɹ)/
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Noun

liberator (plural liberators)

  1. A person who frees or liberates.

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Interlingua

Noun

liberator (plural liberatores)

  1. liberator

Latin

Etymology

From līberō + -tor.

Pronunciation

Noun

līberātor m (genitive līberātōris, feminine līberātrīx); third declension

  1. liberator, deliverer.
  2. (historical) a member of the conspirators who participated in the plotted assassination of Julius Caesar, led by Gaius Cassius Longinus and Marcus Junius Brutus

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative līberātor līberātōrēs
Genitive līberātōris līberātōrum
Dative līberātōrī līberātōribus
Accusative līberātōrem līberātōrēs
Ablative līberātōre līberātōribus
Vocative līberātor līberātōrēs

Descendants

  • Inherited:
    • French: livreur
    • Portuguese: livrador
    • Spanish: librador
  • Borrowed:

Verb

līberātor

  1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of līberō

References

  • liberator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • liberator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • liberator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • liberator”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French libérateur, from Latin liberator. Equivalent to libera + -tor.

Adjective

liberator m or n (feminine singular liberatoare, masculine plural liberatori, feminine and neuter plural liberatoare)

  1. liberating

Declension

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