inquisitor

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French inquisiteur, from Latin inquīsītor

Noun

inquisitor (plural inquisitors)

  1. A person who inquires, especially searchingly or ruthlessly.
  2. An official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisition.

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Further reading

Latin

Etymology

Agent noun of inquīrō (“inquire, investigate”) (past participle inquīsītus).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /in.kʷiːˈsiː.tor/, [ɪŋ.kᶣiːˈsiː.tɔr]

Noun

inquīsītor m (genitive inquīsītōris); third declension

  1. searcher
  2. inquisitor, tracker, detective, spy
  3. examiner, investigator

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative inquīsītor inquīsītōrēs
genitive inquīsītōris inquīsītōrum
dative inquīsītōrī inquīsītōribus
accusative inquīsītōrem inquīsītōrēs
ablative inquīsītōre inquīsītōribus
vocative inquīsītor inquīsītōrēs

Descendants

References

  • inquisitor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • inquisitor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • inquisitor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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