punitor

Latin

Etymology

From pūniō (“punish”) +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /puːˈniː.tor/, [puːˈniːt̪ɔr]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /puˈni.tor/, [puˈniːt̪or]

Noun

pūnītor m (genitive pūnītōris); third declension

a punisher
an avenger

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pūnītor	pūnītōrēs
Genitive	pūnītōris	pūnītōrum
Dative	pūnītōrī	pūnītōribus
Accusative	pūnītōrem	pūnītōrēs
Ablative	pūnītōre	pūnītōribus
Vocative	pūnītor	pūnītōrēs

Descendants

Catalan: punidor
Italian: punitore
Portuguese: punidor
Spanish: punidor

Verb

pūnītor

second/third-person singular future passive imperative of pūniō

References

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

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