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”), from ad (“to, towards, at”) + causa (“cause, reason, account, lawsuit”).

Pronunciation

Noun

accūsātor m (genitive accūsātōris); third declension

  1. accuser, plaintiff
  2. denouncer, informer

Inflection

Third declension.

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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