See auctor in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "auctōritās"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "auctorizō"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "auctor vītae"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "auctrīx"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Auctor",
"3": "Autor",
"4": "Author",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ German: Auctor, Autor, Author",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "→ German: Auctor, Autor, Author (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "lamed auctoris",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ English: lamed auctoris",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ English: lamed auctoris"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ga",
"2": "ughdar",
"3": "údar",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Irish: ughdar, údar",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Irish: ughdar, údar"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "autore",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Italian: autore",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Italian: autore"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sq",
"2": "autore",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Albanian: autore",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Albanian: autore"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nrf",
"2": "auteu",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Norman: auteu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Norman: auteu"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "autor"
},
"expansion": "Old French: autor, auctor, auctour, auctur, autour, autur\nMiddle French: autheur, aucteur, auctour, auteur, autteur\nFrench: auteur (see there for further descendants)\n→ Middle English: auctour, auctor, autor, autour, author, auther\nEnglish: author\nScots: author",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Old French: autor, auctor, auctour, auctur, autour, autur\nMiddle French: autheur, aucteur, auctour, auteur, autteur\nFrench: auteur (see there for further descendants)\n→ Middle English: auctour, auctor, autor, autour, author, auther\nEnglish: author\nScots: author"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "roa-opt",
"2": "autor"
},
"expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: autor, auctor\nGalician: autor\nPortuguese: autor",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: autor, auctor\nGalician: autor\nPortuguese: autor"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "autor",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Romanian: autor",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Romanian: autor"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "autor",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Spanish: autor",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Spanish: autor"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": "awdur",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Welsh: awdur",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Welsh: awdur"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "inh",
"3": "itc-pro>*auktōr>authority figure",
"id": "seller"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "etymon"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "itc-pro",
"3": "*auktōr"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Italic *auktōr",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "xum",
"2": "𐌖𐌇𐌕𐌖𐌓"
},
"expansion": "Umbrian 𐌖𐌇𐌕𐌖𐌓 (uhtur)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "augeō",
"3": "-tor",
"t1": "to increase, nourish"
},
"expansion": "augeō (“to increase, nourish”) + -tor",
"name": "af"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *auktōr, cognate to Umbrian 𐌖𐌇𐌕𐌖𐌓 (uhtur). Equivalent to augeō (“to increase, nourish”) + -tor.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "auctōris",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "auctor",
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
},
{
"form": "auctrīx",
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "la-ndecl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "auctor",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "auctōrēs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "auctōris",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "auctōrum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "auctōrī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "auctōribus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "auctōrem",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "auctōrēs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "auctōre",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "auctōribus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "auctor",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "auctōrēs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "autor",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "author",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"New-Latin",
"proscribed"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "auctor<3>",
"f": "auctor/auctrīx",
"g1": "m",
"g2": "f"
},
"expansion": "auctor m or f (genitive auctōris, feminine auctor or auctrīx); third declension",
"name": "la-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "auctor<3>"
},
"name": "la-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "21 8 2 9 18 17 26",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"seller, vendor"
],
"id": "en-auctor-la-noun-~v7khi-5",
"links": [
[
"seller",
"seller"
],
[
"vendor",
"vendor"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"feminine",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "13 32 4 14 12 12 12",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "la",
"name": "Writing",
"orig": "la:Writing",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "O Janus, make peace and its ministers everlasting,\nand may the author of such an achievement, having prevailed, not abandon it.",
"ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 1.287–288",
"roman": "nēve suum, praestā, dēserat auctor opus.",
"text": "Iāne, fac aeternōs pācem pācisque ministrōs,"
}
],
"glosses": [
"author, originator"
],
"id": "en-auctor-la-noun-j0sDCDQ9",
"links": [
[
"author",
"author"
],
[
"originator",
"originator"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "conditor"
},
{
"word": "creātor"
}
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"feminine",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"authorship, agency, encouragement"
],
"id": "en-auctor-la-noun-nNinCmwH",
"links": [
[
"authorship",
"authorship"
],
[
"agency",
"agency"
],
[
"encouragement",
"encouragement"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively) authorship, agency, encouragement"
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"feminine",
"figuratively",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"sponsor, advocate"
],
"id": "en-auctor-la-noun-J2aN6Etk",
"links": [
[
"sponsor",
"sponsor"
],
[
"advocate",
"advocate"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"feminine",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "21 8 2 9 18 17 26",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "0 0 0 0 55 0 45",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "la",
"name": "Business",
"orig": "la:Business",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"surety, witness, voucher"
],
"id": "en-auctor-la-noun-wcEMRBNb",
"links": [
[
"surety",
"surety"
],
[
"witness",
"witness"
],
[
"voucher",
"voucher"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "testis"
},
{
"word": "arbiter"
}
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"feminine",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "21 8 2 9 18 17 26",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "14 13 10 13 13 26 11",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "14 13 10 13 13 26 11",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"the Creator, God"
],
"id": "en-auctor-la-noun-QB~UgUQJ",
"links": [
[
"Creator",
"Creator"
],
[
"God",
"God"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(poetic) the Creator, God"
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"feminine",
"masculine",
"poetic"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Medieval Latin",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "21 8 2 9 18 17 26",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "19 14 3 13 18 7 26",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin terms suffixed with -tor",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "14 14 4 13 12 14 28",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 4 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "11 11 3 10 9 11 44",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "0 3 0 0 0 25 72",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "la",
"name": "Art",
"orig": "la:Art",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "13 7 4 12 10 11 44",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "la",
"name": "Occupations",
"orig": "la:Occupations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "0 0 0 0 0 0 100",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "la",
"name": "People",
"orig": "la:People",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"one who gives increase (hence: an originator, causer, doer, founder)"
],
"id": "en-auctor-la-noun-p9qE1d3p",
"links": [
[
"originator",
"originator"
],
[
"doer",
"doer"
],
[
"founder",
"founder"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(also Medieval Latin) one who gives increase (hence: an originator, causer, doer, founder)"
],
"tags": [
"Medieval-Latin",
"also",
"declension-3",
"feminine",
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ˈau̯k.tɔr]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈau̯k.t̪or]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "auctor"
}
{
"categories": [
"Latin 2-syllable words",
"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin feminine nouns",
"Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
"Latin lemmas",
"Latin masculine nouns",
"Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
"Latin nouns",
"Latin nouns with multiple genders",
"Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
"Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂ewg-",
"Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂weg-",
"Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
"Latin terms suffixed with -tor",
"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Latin third declension nouns",
"Pages with 4 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"la:Art",
"la:Business",
"la:Occupations",
"la:People",
"la:Writing"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "auctōritās"
},
{
"word": "auctorizō"
},
{
"word": "auctor vītae"
},
{
"word": "auctrīx"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Auctor",
"3": "Autor",
"4": "Author",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ German: Auctor, Autor, Author",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "→ German: Auctor, Autor, Author (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "lamed auctoris",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ English: lamed auctoris",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ English: lamed auctoris"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ga",
"2": "ughdar",
"3": "údar",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Irish: ughdar, údar",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Irish: ughdar, údar"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "autore",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Italian: autore",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Italian: autore"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sq",
"2": "autore",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Albanian: autore",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Albanian: autore"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nrf",
"2": "auteu",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Norman: auteu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Norman: auteu"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "autor"
},
"expansion": "Old French: autor, auctor, auctour, auctur, autour, autur\nMiddle French: autheur, aucteur, auctour, auteur, autteur\nFrench: auteur (see there for further descendants)\n→ Middle English: auctour, auctor, autor, autour, author, auther\nEnglish: author\nScots: author",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Old French: autor, auctor, auctour, auctur, autour, autur\nMiddle French: autheur, aucteur, auctour, auteur, autteur\nFrench: auteur (see there for further descendants)\n→ Middle English: auctour, auctor, autor, autour, author, auther\nEnglish: author\nScots: author"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "roa-opt",
"2": "autor"
},
"expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: autor, auctor\nGalician: autor\nPortuguese: autor",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: autor, auctor\nGalician: autor\nPortuguese: autor"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "autor",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Romanian: autor",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Romanian: autor"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "autor",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Spanish: autor",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Spanish: autor"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": "awdur",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Welsh: awdur",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Welsh: awdur"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "inh",
"3": "itc-pro>*auktōr>authority figure",
"id": "seller"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "etymon"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "itc-pro",
"3": "*auktōr"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Italic *auktōr",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "xum",
"2": "𐌖𐌇𐌕𐌖𐌓"
},
"expansion": "Umbrian 𐌖𐌇𐌕𐌖𐌓 (uhtur)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "augeō",
"3": "-tor",
"t1": "to increase, nourish"
},
"expansion": "augeō (“to increase, nourish”) + -tor",
"name": "af"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *auktōr, cognate to Umbrian 𐌖𐌇𐌕𐌖𐌓 (uhtur). Equivalent to augeō (“to increase, nourish”) + -tor.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "auctōris",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "auctor",
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
},
{
"form": "auctrīx",
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "la-ndecl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "auctor",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "auctōrēs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "auctōris",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "auctōrum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "auctōrī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "auctōribus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "auctōrem",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "auctōrēs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "auctōre",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "auctōribus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "auctor",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "auctōrēs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "autor",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "author",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"New-Latin",
"proscribed"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "auctor<3>",
"f": "auctor/auctrīx",
"g1": "m",
"g2": "f"
},
"expansion": "auctor m or f (genitive auctōris, feminine auctor or auctrīx); third declension",
"name": "la-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "auctor<3>"
},
"name": "la-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"seller, vendor"
],
"links": [
[
"seller",
"seller"
],
[
"vendor",
"vendor"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"feminine",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Latin terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "O Janus, make peace and its ministers everlasting,\nand may the author of such an achievement, having prevailed, not abandon it.",
"ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 1.287–288",
"roman": "nēve suum, praestā, dēserat auctor opus.",
"text": "Iāne, fac aeternōs pācem pācisque ministrōs,"
}
],
"glosses": [
"author, originator"
],
"links": [
[
"author",
"author"
],
[
"originator",
"originator"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "conditor"
},
{
"word": "creātor"
}
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"feminine",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"authorship, agency, encouragement"
],
"links": [
[
"authorship",
"authorship"
],
[
"agency",
"agency"
],
[
"encouragement",
"encouragement"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively) authorship, agency, encouragement"
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"feminine",
"figuratively",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"sponsor, advocate"
],
"links": [
[
"sponsor",
"sponsor"
],
[
"advocate",
"advocate"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"feminine",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"surety, witness, voucher"
],
"links": [
[
"surety",
"surety"
],
[
"witness",
"witness"
],
[
"voucher",
"voucher"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "testis"
},
{
"word": "arbiter"
}
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"feminine",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Latin poetic terms"
],
"glosses": [
"the Creator, God"
],
"links": [
[
"Creator",
"Creator"
],
[
"God",
"God"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(poetic) the Creator, God"
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"feminine",
"masculine",
"poetic"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Medieval Latin"
],
"glosses": [
"one who gives increase (hence: an originator, causer, doer, founder)"
],
"links": [
[
"originator",
"originator"
],
[
"doer",
"doer"
],
[
"founder",
"founder"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(also Medieval Latin) one who gives increase (hence: an originator, causer, doer, founder)"
],
"tags": [
"Medieval-Latin",
"also",
"declension-3",
"feminine",
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ˈau̯k.tɔr]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈau̯k.t̪or]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "auctor"
}
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