LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

calumniātor

calumniātor m (genitive calumniātōris, feminine calumniātrīx)
Classical[ka.ɫʊm.niˈaː.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[ka.lum.niˈaː.tor]

Meaning

  1. pettifogger
  2. chicaner

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Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecalumniātorcalumniātōrēs
kalumniātōrēs
genitivecalumniātōris
kalumniātōris		calumniātōrum
kalumniātōrum
dativecalumniātōrī
kalumniātōrī		calumniātōribus
kalumniātōribus
accusativecalumniātōrem
kalumniātōrem		calumniātōrēs
kalumniātōrēs
ablativecalumniātōre
kalumniātōre		calumniātōribus
kalumniātōribus
vocativecalumniātorcalumniātōrēs
kalumniātōrēs

călumnĭātor (kălumnĭātor; v. the foreg.), ōris, m. calumnior; mostly t. t.,
I. a contriver of tricks or artifices, a pettifogger, a perverter of law, a chicaner (sometimes, perhaps, branded on the forehead with the letter K = calumniator; cf. Voss, Arist. 1, 17; Ernest. Clav. Cic. Ind. Leg. s. v. Remmia): si calvitur et moretur et frustratur. Inde et calumniatores appellati sunt, quia per fraudem et frustrationem alios vexarent litibus, Dig. 50, 16, 223: scriptum sequi calumniatoris esse: boni judicis, voluntatem scriptoris auctoritatemque defendere, Cic. Caecil. 23, 65: calumniatores apponere, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 10, § 27: calumniatorem quaerere, id. ib. 2, 2, 8, § 22; 2, 2, 10, § 26: egens, id. Clu. 59, 163; id. Quint. 28, 87; Phaedr. 1, 17, 2; Mart. 11, 66, 1; Dig. 3, 2, 4, § 4; Suet. Rhet. 4.—
II. Trop.: calumniator sui, one who is too anxious in regard to his work, over-scrupulous, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 92; cf. calumnia, III. B., and calumnior, II. B.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin calumnior Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin calumniātor From calumnior + -tor.

Descendants
  • Englishcalumniator
  • Frenchcalomniateur
  • Italiancalunniatore
  • Portuguesecaluniador
  • Romaniancalomniator
  • Spanishcalumniador

Quick answers

What does calumniātor mean in Latin?
calumniātor, a noun, means “pettifogger; chicaner”.
What is the genitive of calumniātor?
The genitive singular is calumniātōris. calumniātor is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce calumniātor?
In classical Latin, [ka.ɫʊm.niˈaː.tɔr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ka.lum.niˈaː.tor].