"-tor" meaning in Latin

See -tor in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: [tɔr] [Classical-Latin], [tor] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *-tōr, from Proto-Indo-European *-tōr < *-tor-s. The -ō- from the nominative singular form was extended to all other forms by analogy; then word-final -ōr was shortened to -or by regular Latin sound laws, producing the Classical Latin paradigm with short -o- in the nominative singular and long -ō- elsewhere. Cognate to Sanskrit -तृ (-tṛ) (nominative singular -ता m sg (-tā)) and Ancient Greek -τωρ (-tōr), as well as -τήρ (-tḗr) from a separate ablaut *-tḗr. Compare Latin -trum (instrumental suffix), from Proto-Indo-European *-tr-o-m (instrumental suffix). Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|:inh|itc-pro:*-tōr&lt;id:agent nouns&gt;|id=agent nouns}}, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*-tōr}} Proto-Italic *-tōr, {{inh|la|ine-pro|*-tōr}} Proto-Indo-European *-tōr, {{cog|sa|-तृ}} Sanskrit -तृ (-tṛ), {{cog|grc|-τωρ}} Ancient Greek -τωρ (-tōr), {{cog|la|-trum|pos=instrumental suffix}} Latin -trum (instrumental suffix) Head templates: {{la-suffix-noun|-tor&lt;3&gt;|f=-trīx}} -tor m (genitive -tōris, feminine -trīx); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|-tor&lt;3&gt;}} Forms: -tōris [genitive], -trīx [feminine], no-table-tags [table-tags], -tor [nominative, singular], -tōrēs [nominative, plural], -tōris [genitive, singular], -tōrum [genitive, plural], -tōrī [dative, singular], -tōribus [dative, plural], -tōrem [accusative, singular], -tōrēs [accusative, plural], -tōre [ablative, singular], -tōribus [ablative, plural], -tor [singular, vocative], -tōrēs [plural, vocative], -sor [alternative]
  1. -er; used to form masculine agent nouns from verbs Tags: declension-3, masculine, morpheme Derived forms: -ātor, -tōrium, -tōrius, -turiō Related terms: -or, -trīx (english: -ess, -trix; used to form a female agent noun)
    Sense id: en--tor-la-suffix-CrtIymdS Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine suffixes in the third declension, Latin second conjugation verbs with missing supine stem, Pages using catfix, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 27 22 15 28 3 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 21 14 26 2 9

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "lang_code": "rup",
      "word": "-tor"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "lang_code": "ast",
      "word": "-dor"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "-dor"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "word": "-er"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Franco-Provençal",
      "lang_code": "frp",
      "word": "-or"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "lang_code": "fur",
      "word": "-dôr"
    },
    {
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "word": "-or"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Piedmontese",
      "lang_code": "pms",
      "word": "-ào"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Ligurian",
      "lang_code": "lij",
      "word": "-àu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Ligurian",
      "lang_code": "lij",
      "word": "òu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Lombard",
      "lang_code": "lmo",
      "word": "-or"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Lombard",
      "lang_code": "lmo",
      "word": "-dor"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "word": "-tóir"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "word": "-adóir"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "-tore"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "-ore"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "-dor"
    },
    {
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        {
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            {
              "lang": "French",
              "lang_code": "fr",
              "word": "-eur"
            }
          ],
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          "lang_code": "frm",
          "word": "-eur"
        },
        {
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              "lang_code": "en",
              "word": "-or"
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            },
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              "lang_code": "sco",
              "word": "-or"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Scots",
              "lang_code": "sco",
              "word": "-er"
            }
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          "lang_code": "enm",
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            "borrowed"
          ],
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        }
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      "lang_code": "fro",
      "word": "-or"
    },
    {
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        {
          "lang": "Galician",
          "lang_code": "gl",
          "word": "-dor"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "lang_code": "pt",
          "word": "-dor"
        }
      ],
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      "word": "-dor"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "-tor"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "lang_code": "sc",
      "word": "-dore"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "word": "-turi"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Venetan",
      "lang_code": "vec",
      "word": "-dor"
    }
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        "id": "agent nouns"
      },
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      "name": "etymon"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*-tōr"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*-tōr"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "-तृ"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit -तृ (-tṛ)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "-τωρ"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek -τωρ (-tōr)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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        "1": "la",
        "2": "-trum",
        "pos": "instrumental suffix"
      },
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    }
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    {
      "form": "-tōris",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-trīx",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tōrēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tōris",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tōrī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tōribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tōrem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tōrēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tōre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tōribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tōrēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-sor",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-tor<3>",
        "f": "-trīx"
      },
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      "name": "la-suffix-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-tor<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine suffixes in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin second conjugation verbs with missing supine stem",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 5 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 22 15 28 3 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 5 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 21 14 26 2 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "-ātor"
        },
        {
          "word": "-tōrium"
        },
        {
          "word": "-tōrius"
        },
        {
          "word": "-turiō"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "-er; used to form masculine agent nouns from verbs"
      ],
      "id": "en--tor-la-suffix-CrtIymdS",
      "links": [
        [
          "-er",
          "-er"
        ],
        [
          "agent noun",
          "agent noun#English"
        ],
        [
          "verb",
          "verb#English"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "-or"
        },
        {
          "english": "-ess, -trix; used to form a female agent noun",
          "translation": "-ess, -trix; used to form a female agent noun",
          "word": "-trīx"
        }
      ],
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        "declension-3",
        "masculine",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "[tɔr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[tor]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-tor"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "-ātor"
    },
    {
      "word": "-tōrium"
    },
    {
      "word": "-tōrius"
    },
    {
      "word": "-turiō"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "lang_code": "rup",
      "word": "-tor"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "lang_code": "ast",
      "word": "-dor"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "-dor"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "word": "-er"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Franco-Provençal",
      "lang_code": "frp",
      "word": "-or"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "lang_code": "fur",
      "word": "-dôr"
    },
    {
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "word": "-or"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Piedmontese",
      "lang_code": "pms",
      "word": "-ào"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Ligurian",
      "lang_code": "lij",
      "word": "-àu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Ligurian",
      "lang_code": "lij",
      "word": "òu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Lombard",
      "lang_code": "lmo",
      "word": "-or"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Lombard",
      "lang_code": "lmo",
      "word": "-dor"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "word": "-tóir"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "word": "-adóir"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "-tore"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "-ore"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "-dor"
    },
    {
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        {
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            {
              "lang": "French",
              "lang_code": "fr",
              "word": "-eur"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Middle French",
          "lang_code": "frm",
          "word": "-eur"
        },
        {
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            {
              "lang": "English",
              "lang_code": "en",
              "word": "-or"
            },
            {
              "lang": "English",
              "lang_code": "en",
              "word": "-er"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Scots",
              "lang_code": "sco",
              "word": "-or"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Scots",
              "lang_code": "sco",
              "word": "-er"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "lang_code": "enm",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "-our"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Old French",
      "lang_code": "fro",
      "word": "-or"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Galician",
          "lang_code": "gl",
          "word": "-dor"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "lang_code": "pt",
          "word": "-dor"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Old Galician-Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "roa-opt",
      "word": "-dor"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "-tor"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "lang_code": "sc",
      "word": "-dore"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "word": "-turi"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Venetan",
      "lang_code": "vec",
      "word": "-dor"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": ":inh",
        "3": "itc-pro:*-tōr<id:agent nouns>",
        "id": "agent nouns"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
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        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*-tōr"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
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        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*-tōr"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "-तृ"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit -तृ (-tṛ)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "-τωρ"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek -τωρ (-tōr)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "-trum",
        "pos": "instrumental suffix"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *-tōr, from Proto-Indo-European *-tōr < *-tor-s. The -ō- from the nominative singular form was extended to all other forms by analogy; then word-final -ōr was shortened to -or by regular Latin sound laws, producing the Classical Latin paradigm with short -o- in the nominative singular and long -ō- elsewhere. Cognate to Sanskrit -तृ (-tṛ) (nominative singular -ता m sg (-tā)) and Ancient Greek -τωρ (-tōr), as well as -τήρ (-tḗr) from a separate ablaut *-tḗr. Compare Latin -trum (instrumental suffix), from Proto-Indo-European *-tr-o-m (instrumental suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-tōris",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-trīx",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tōrēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tōris",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tōrī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tōribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tōrem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tōrēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tōre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tōribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tōrēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-sor",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-tor<3>",
        "f": "-trīx"
      },
      "expansion": "-tor m (genitive -tōris, feminine -trīx); third declension",
      "name": "la-suffix-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-tor<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "-or"
    },
    {
      "english": "-ess, -trix; used to form a female agent noun",
      "translation": "-ess, -trix; used to form a female agent noun",
      "word": "-trīx"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 1-syllable words",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin masculine suffixes",
        "Latin masculine suffixes in the third declension",
        "Latin noun-forming suffixes",
        "Latin second conjugation verbs with missing supine stem",
        "Latin suffixes",
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      "glosses": [
        "-er; used to form masculine agent nouns from verbs"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "-er",
          "-er"
        ],
        [
          "agent noun",
          "agent noun#English"
        ],
        [
          "verb",
          "verb#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[tɔr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[tor]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-tor"
}

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