mactator

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Latin

Etymology

From mactō (“slaughter, kill”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /makˈtaː.tor/, [makˈtaː.tɔr]

Noun

mactātor m (genitive mactātōris); third declension

slayer, murderer, slaughterer

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mactātor	mactātōrēs
Genitive	mactātōris	mactātōrum
Dative	mactātōrī	mactātōribus
Accusative	mactātōrem	mactātōrēs
Ablative	mactātōre	mactātōribus
Vocative	mactātor	mactātōrēs

Synonyms

(murderer): carnifex, homicīda, interfector, percussor, sīcārius

Related terms

References

mactator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
mactator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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