liberator

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin līberātor (one who sets free), from līberāre, past participle līberātus (to set free); see liberate.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɪbəɹeɪtə(ɹ)/
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Noun[edit]

liberator (plural liberators)

  1. A person who frees or liberates.

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Interlingua[edit]

Noun[edit]

liberator (plural liberatores)

  1. liberator

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From līberō +‎ -tor.

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Noun[edit]

līberātor m (genitive līberātōris, feminine līberātrīx); third declension

  1. liberator, deliverer.
  2. (historical) a member of the conspirators who participated in the plotted assassination of Julius Caesar, led by Gaius Cassius Longinus and Marcus Junius Brutus

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative līberātor līberātōrēs
Genitive līberātōris līberātōrum
Dative līberātōrī līberātōribus
Accusative līberātōrem līberātōrēs
Ablative līberātōre līberātōribus
Vocative līberātor līberātōrēs

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Verb[edit]

līberātor

  1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of līberō

References[edit]

  • liberator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • liberator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • liberator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • liberator”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French libérateur, from Latin liberator. Equivalent to libera +‎ -tor.

Adjective[edit]

liberator m or n (feminine singular liberatoare, masculine plural liberatori, feminine and neuter plural liberatoare)

  1. liberating

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