derogator

English

Etymology

Latin dērogātor, from dērogō.

Noun

derogator (plural derogators)

  1. A detractor.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for derogator in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Latin

Etymology

From dērogō (“repeal or modify part of a law; remove; disparage”), from de (“of; from, away from”) + rogō (“ask; request”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /deː.roˈɡaː.tor/, [deː.rɔˈɡaː.tɔr]

Noun

dērogātor m (genitive dērogātōris); third declension

  1. A detractor, depreciator.

Declension

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dērogātor dērogātōrēs
Genitive dērogātōris dērogātōrum
Dative dērogātōrī dērogātōribus
Accusative dērogātōrem dērogātōrēs
Ablative dērogātōre dērogātōribus
Vocative dērogātor dērogātōrēs

References
  • derogator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • derogator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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