seductor
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English seductor, seductour, from Middle French seducteur, from Latin sēductor.[1]
Noun[edit]
seductor (plural seductors, feminine seductress)
Synonyms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “† Sedu·ctor”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volumes VIII, Part 2 (S–Sh), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 376, column 2: “a. OF. seducteur, ad. L. sēductor, agent-noun f. sēdūcĕre: see Seduce and -or.”
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From sēdūcō (“lead astray, seduce”) + -tor (“-er”, agent suffix).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /seːˈduk.tor/, [s̠eːˈd̪ʊkt̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /seˈduk.tor/, [seˈd̪ukt̪or]
Noun[edit]
sēductor m (genitive sēductōris, feminine sēductrīx); third declension
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sēductor | sēductōrēs |
| Genitive | sēductōris | sēductōrum |
| Dative | sēductōrī | sēductōribus |
| Accusative | sēductōrem | sēductōrēs |
| Ablative | sēductōre | sēductōribus |
| Vocative | sēductor | sēductōrēs |
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “seductor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- seductor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle French seducteur, from Latin sēductor.[1]
Noun[edit]
seductor
- seducer
- 1490, “Capitulo xvj”, in William Caxton, transl., edited by M[athew] T[ewart] Culley and F[rederick] J[ames] Furnivall, Caxton’s Eneydos, 1490, Englisht from the French Liure des Eneydes, 1483, London: Published for the Early English Text Society by N. Trübner & Co., […] , published 1890, page 60, lines 30–33:
- The whiche seductor of ladies, as parys that enwedded ye fayr heleyne, kepeth himself in maner as a woman, in their companye, wyth his longe heres that he maketh to be enoynted & kemed […]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- a. 1492, “Of saynt Apolonyon Religyous & martyr. begynnyng in latyn ¶ Trade hant ergo / Caplm xix.”, in Wyllyam Caxton, transl., Vitas Patrum, Westminster: Wynkyn de Worde, published 1495, folio xxii, recto:
- […] one namyd Phylemon. whyche was moche amyable & debonayr to ye peple. & called hỹſelf ſeductour & deceyour of the peple / […]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- English: seductor
References[edit]
- M[athew] T[ewart] Culley and F[rederick] J[ames] Furnivall, editors (1890), Caxton’s Eneydos, 1490, Englisht from the French Liure des Eneydes, 1483, London: Published for the Early English Text Society by N. Trübner & Co., […] , page 185: “Seductor, sb. seducer, 60/30.”
- ^ James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “† Sedu·ctor”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volumes VIII, Part 2 (S–Sh), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 376, column 2: “a. OF. seducteur, ad. L. sēductor, agent-noun f. sēdūcĕre: see Seduce and -or.”
Spanish[edit]
Adjective[edit]
seductor (feminine seductora, masculine plural seductores, feminine plural seductoras)
Noun[edit]
seductor m (plural seductores, feminine seductora, feminine plural seductoras)
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “seductor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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