ruptor

Latin

Etymology

Consists of rup- +‎ -tor. Latin rup- is the root of rumpō, rumpere (“to break, burst”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈrʊp.tɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈrup.tor]

Noun

ruptor m (genitive ruptōris); third declension

1. breaker; violator

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	ruptor	ruptōrēs
genitive	ruptōris	ruptōrum
dative	ruptōrī	ruptōribus
accusative	ruptōrem	ruptōrēs
ablative	ruptōre	ruptōribus
vocative	ruptor	ruptōrēs

Related terms

• abrumpō
• corrumpō
• interrumpō
• irrumpō
• rumpō
• ruptiō
• ruptūra

References

• “ruptor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ruptor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ruptor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.