English

Noun

abnegator ‎(plural abnegators)

1. (rare) One who abnegates, denies, or rejects. [From Mid 17^th century.]^[1]

Translations

References

1. ↑ Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 6

Latin

Etymology

From abnegō ‎(“refuse, deny, decline”), from ab ‎(“from, away from”) + negō ‎(“deny; refuse, say no”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ab.neˈɡaː.tor/, [ab.nɛˈɡaː.tɔr]

Noun

abnegātor m ‎(genitive abnegātōris); third declension

1. a denier

Inflection

Third declension.

Related terms

• abnegātiō
• abnegātīvus
• abnegātus
• abnegō

Descendants

• English: abnegator

References

• abnegator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• abnegator in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016