caesor

Latin

Etymology

caedō (“cut”) +‎ -tor (agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkae̯.sor/, [ˈkäe̯s̠ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.sor/, [ˈt͡ʃɛːs̬or]

Noun

caesor m (genitive caesōris); third declension

1. hewer, chopper, cutter
2. killer, murderer
3. one who fells smth., feller

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	caesor	caesōrēs
genitive	caesōris	caesōrum
dative	caesōrī	caesōribus
accusative	caesōrem	caesōrēs
ablative	caesōre	caesōribus
vocative	caesor	caesōrēs

Related terms

• caedō

References

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