noun · masculinefirst declension
biocōlȳta
biocōlȳta m (genitive biocōlȳtae)
Classical[bi.ɔ.koːˈlyː.ta]Ecclesiastical[bi.o.koˈliː.ta]
Meaning
- New Latinpolice officer, one who protects against violence
2003, Reijo Pitkäranta, De viro ministricidii suspecto https://web.archive.org/web/20161104223747/http://www.interrete.de/latein/nuntiifinarch2.html, Nuntii Latini 19.9.2003
Police have pronounced themselves satisfied that the same person who was caught by camera surveillance in the department store at the same time as when Anna Lindh was stabbed by a knife, did the deed....centum autem obsides manserunt usque ad adventum biocolytarum
...however, one hundred hostages remained until the police arrivedEphemeris (Lydia Ariminensis), Magnae Caedes Lutetiae Perpetrata Terrorem Fudit 17/11/2015
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | biocōlȳta | biocōlȳtae |
| genitive | biocōlȳtae | biocōlȳtārum |
| dative | biocōlȳtae | biocōlȳtīs |
| accusative | biocōlȳtam | biocōlȳtās |
| ablative | biocōlȳtā | biocōlȳtīs |
| vocative | biocōlȳta | biocōlȳtae |
bĭŏcōlȳta, ae, m., = βιοκωλυτής,
I. one who protects against violence, Jul. Epit. Nov. 15, 60.
Origins
Borrowed from Ancient Greek βιοκωλυτής (biokōlutḗs).