noun · masculinethird declension
expīlātor
expīlātor m (genitive expīlātōris)
Classical[ɛk.spiːˈɫaː.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[ek.spiˈlaː.tor]
Meaning
- pillager, plunderer
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | expīlātor | expīlātōrēs |
| genitive | expīlātōris | expīlātōrum |
| dative | expīlātōrī | expīlātōribus |
| accusative | expīlātōrem | expīlātōrēs |
| ablative | expīlātōre | expīlātōribus |
| vocative | expīlātor | expīlātōrēs |
expīlātor, ōris, m. id.,
I. a pillager, plunderer: quem domus hospitem, non expilatorem recepisse videatur, * Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 2, 9: expilatores, qui sunt atrociores fures, hoc est λωποδύται, in opus publicum dari solent, etc., Dig. 47, 18 (De effractoribus et expilatoribus), 1, § 1.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
expīlātor ōris, m
expilo, a pillager, plunderer : domus.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin expīlātor From expīlō (“to pillage, plunder”) + -tor.
In English words that came into English from expīlātor
- expilatorexpīlātor