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.

Case	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.