traditor

== English == === Etymology === From Latin trāditor (“betrayer”), from trādō (“I hand over”). Doublet of traitor. === Noun === traditor (plural traditors or traditores) A deliverer; a name of infamy given to Christians who delivered the Scriptures, or the goods of the church, to their persecutors to save their lives. === References === “traditor”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Italian == === Noun === traditor m (apocopated) apocopic form of traditore == Latin == === Etymology === From trādō (“give up, hand over”) +‎ -tor; literally "one who hands over (something)". === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtraː.dɪ.tɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtraː.di.tor] === Noun === trāditor m (genitive trāditōris, feminine trāditrīx); third declension (post-Augustan) betrayer, traitor Synonyms: prōditor, index teacher Synonym: magister ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== trāditiō ==== Descendants ==== === References === “traditor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “traditor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "traditor", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “traditor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Piedmontese == === Alternative forms === traditur === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tradiˈtur/ === Noun === traditor m (plural traditor) traitor