noun · masculinethird declension
trāditor
trāditor m (genitive trāditōris, feminine trāditrīx)
Classical[ˈtraː.dɪ.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[ˈtraː.di.tor]
trāditrīx f.
Meaning
- post Augustanbetrayer, traitor
- post Augustanteacher
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
quī aliquem hostibus trādittrāditor -ōris (m) — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 24
quī prōdit, prōditortrāditor -ōris (m) — in Evangelium secundum Marcum, ch. 20
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | trāditor | trāditōrēs |
| genitive | trāditōris | trāditōrum |
| dative | trāditōrī | trāditōribus |
| accusative | trāditōrem | trāditōrēs |
| ablative | trāditōre | trāditōribus |
| vocative | trāditor | trāditōrēs |
trādĭtor, ōris, m. id (post-Aug.).
I. A betrayer, traitor, for the usual proditor:
interfecto traditore, Tac. H. 4, 24; Sedul. Carm. 5, 61; Aug. Bapt. 7, 2.—II. A teacher:
alicujus scientiae, Arn. 3, 113; Tert. Coron. Mil. 4 fin.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
trāditor ōris, m
a betrayer, traitor: interfecto traditore, Ta.
Origins
From trādō (“give up, hand over”) + -tor; literally "one who hands over (something)".
Descendants
- Catalantraïdor
- Italiantraditore
- Occitantraïdor
- Occitantraite
- Frenchtraîtrefrom Old French traitor
- Englishtraitorfrom Old French traitor
- Portuguesetraidorfrom Old Galician-Portuguese traedor
- Romaniantrădător
- Spanishtraidor
- Albaniantradhtar
In English words that came into English from trāditor
- traitortrāditor
- traditortrāditor