maledictor

Latin

Etymology

From maledīcō (“slander, curse”) +‎ -tor (“-er”, agent suffix).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ma.leˈdik.tor/, [mäɫ̪ɛˈd̪ɪkt̪ɔr]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ma.leˈdik.tor/, [mäleˈd̪ikt̪or]

Noun

maledictor m (genitive maledictōris); third declension

a reviler, slanderer

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	maledictor	maledictōrēs
Genitive	maledictōris	maledictōrum
Dative	maledictōrī	maledictōribus
Accusative	maledictōrem	maledictōrēs
Ablative	maledictōre	maledictōribus
Vocative	maledictor	maledictōrēs

References

“maledictor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
maledictor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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