LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

dēlātor

dēlātor m (genitive dēlātōris, feminine dēlātrīx)
Classical[deːˈɫaː.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[deˈlaː.tor]

Meaning

  1. post Augustanaccuser, informer, informant, denouncer

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Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativedēlātordēlātōrēs
dēlātrīcēs
genitivedēlātōris
dēlātrīcis		dēlātōrum
dēlātrīcum
dativedēlātōrī
dēlātrīcī		dēlātōribus
dēlātrīcibus
accusativedēlātōrem
dēlātrīcem		dēlātōrēs
dēlātrīcēs
ablativedēlātōre
dēlātrīce		dēlātōribus
dēlātrīcibus
vocativedēlātordēlātōrēs
dēlātrīcēs

dēlātor, ōris, m. id.,
I. an accuser, informer, denouncer (only post-Aug.; esp. freq. in Tacit. and Suet.): judices ... delatores, Quint. 9, 2, 74; cf. 3, 10, 3: delatorum judicium, quasi latronum, Plin. Pan. 34, 1 sq.; 35, 1; Suet. Tib. 45; 61; Tac. A. 6, 40; id. H. 1, 2 et saep.: majestatis, i. e. of hightreason, Tac. A. 2, 50; cf.: Papiae legis, i. e. one who denounces a violation of it, Suet. Ner. 10.

Origins

From dēlātus (perfect participle of dēferō) + -tor (“-er”, agent noun suffix).

Descendants
  • Catalandelator
  • Englishdelator
  • Frenchdélateur
  • Italiandelatore
  • Occitandelator
  • Portuguesedelator
  • Romaniandelator
  • Spanishdelator
  • Galiciandelator

Quick answers

What does dēlātor mean in Latin?
dēlātor, a noun, means “accuser, informer, informant, denouncer”.
What is the genitive of dēlātor?
The genitive singular is dēlātōris. dēlātor is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce dēlātor?
In classical Latin, [deːˈɫaː.tɔr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [deˈlaː.tor].