peremptor

Latin

Etymology

From perimere +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pɛˈrɛmp.tɔr]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [peˈrɛmp.t̪or]

Noun

perēmptor m (genitive perēmptōris); third declension

destroyer (person), slayer, murderer

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	perēmptor	perēmptōrēs
genitive	perēmptōris	perēmptōrum
dative	perēmptōrī	perēmptōribus
accusative	perēmptōrem	perēmptōrēs
ablative	perēmptōre	perēmptōribus
vocative	perēmptor	perēmptōrēs

Derived terms

perēmptōrius

References

“peremptor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
peremptor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.