abominator

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin abōminātor. By surface analysis, abominate +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /əˈbɑm.əˌneɪ.tɚ/, /əˈbɑm.ɪˌneɪ.tɚ/

Noun

abominator (plural abominators)

  1. One who abominates. [First attested in the late 17th century.][1]

Translations

References

  1. ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abominator”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 6.

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From abōminor (“to abominate”) +‎ -tor (agent noun suffix).

Noun

abōminātor m (genitive abōminātōris, feminine abōminātrīx); third declension

  1. An abominator, one who abominates.
    • 8th century, Carolus Magnus, De imaginibus:
      CAPUT XIX. Contra eos qui dicunt: Si sanctus Epiphanius imaginum destructor fuit et earum abominator, quomodo ejus discipuli imagines depingebant in Cypriorum insula, in templo quod ejusdem patris nomine titulaverunt, cum videlicet multa pingantur quae non adorantur, et plerumque a bona magistris mali discipuli oriantur.
      CHAPTER XIX. Against those who say: If Saint Epiphanius was a destroyer of images and an abominator of them, how did his disciples paint images on the island of Cyprus, in a temple which they named after the same father, since many things are painted that are not worshipped, and often bad disciples arise from good teachers.
Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative abōminātor abōminātōrēs
genitive abōminātōris abōminātōrum
dative abōminātōrī abōminātōribus
accusative abōminātōrem abōminātōrēs
ablative abōminātōre abōminātōribus
vocative abōminātor abōminātōrēs
Descendants
  • → English: abominator
  • → Portuguese: abominador

Etymology 2

Verb

abōminātor

  1. second/third-person singular future active imperative of abōminor

References

  • abominator in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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