LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

vindicātor

vindicātor m (genitive vindicātōris)

Meaning

  1. EcclesiasticalLate LatinLatinavenger, vindicator

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativevindicātorvindicātōrēs
genitivevindicātōrisvindicātōrum
dativevindicātōrīvindicātōribus
accusativevindicātōremvindicātōrēs
ablativevindicātōrevindicātōribus
vocativevindicātorvindicātōrēs

vindĭcātor, ōris, m. vindico,
I. an avenger (eccl. Lat.), S. S. Psa. 8, 3 ap. Aug.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*wéyHs
  2. Proto-Italic*wīs
  3. Latinvindicātor

Latin dīcere Proto-Indo-European *-s Latin -s Latin vindex 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 vindicō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin vindicātor From vindicō + -tor.

Descendants
  • Catalanvenjador
  • Frenchvengeur
  • Italianvendicatore
  • Portuguesevingador
  • Romanianvindecător
  • Spanishvengador
  • Sicilianvinnicaturi

Quick answers

What does vindicātor mean in Latin?
vindicātor, a noun, means “avenger, vindicator”.
What is the genitive of vindicātor?
The genitive singular is vindicātōris. vindicātor is masculine, third declension.
Where does vindicātor come from?
Proto-Indo-European *wéyHs → Proto-Italic *wīs → Latin vindicātor.