"auctor" meaning in Latin

See auctor in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈau̯k.tor/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈäu̯kt̪ɔr] [Classical-Latin], /ˈau̯k.tor/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈäu̯kt̪or] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *auktōr, cognate to Umbrian 𐌖𐌇𐌕𐌖𐌓 (uhtur). Equivalent to augeō (“to increase, nourish”) + -tor. Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|inh|itc-pro>*auktōr>authority figure|id=seller}}, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*auktōr}} Proto-Italic *auktōr, {{cog|xum|𐌖𐌇𐌕𐌖𐌓}} Umbrian 𐌖𐌇𐌕𐌖𐌓 (uhtur), {{af|la|augeō|-tor|t1=to increase, nourish}} augeō (“to increase, nourish”) + -tor Head templates: {{la-noun|auctor<3>|f1=auctor|f2=auctrīx|g1=m|g2=f}} auctor m or f (genitive auctōris, feminine auctor or auctrīx); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|auctor<3>}} Forms: auctōris [genitive], auctor [feminine], auctrīx [feminine], no-table-tags [table-tags], auctor [nominative, singular], auctōrēs [nominative, plural], auctōris [genitive, singular], auctōrum [genitive, plural], auctōrī [dative, singular], auctōribus [dative, plural], auctōrem [accusative, singular], auctōrēs [accusative, plural], auctōre [ablative, singular], auctōribus [ablative, plural], auctor [singular, vocative], auctōrēs [plural, vocative]
  1. seller, vendor Tags: declension-3, feminine, masculine Categories (topical): Occupations
    Sense id: en-auctor-la-noun-~v7khi-5 Disambiguation of Occupations: 14 1 6 14 24 23 17
  2. author, originator Tags: declension-3, feminine, masculine Synonyms: conditor, creātor
    Sense id: en-auctor-la-noun-j0sDCDQ9
  3. (figuratively) authorship, agency, encouragement Tags: declension-3, feminine, figuratively, masculine Categories (topical): Writing
    Sense id: en-auctor-la-noun-nNinCmwH Disambiguation of Writing: 10 1 36 10 15 17 12
  4. sponsor, advocate Tags: declension-3, feminine, masculine Categories (topical): Business, Occupations
    Sense id: en-auctor-la-noun-J2aN6Etk Disambiguation of Business: 7 2 4 44 12 4 28 Disambiguation of Occupations: 14 1 6 14 24 23 17
  5. surety, witness, voucher Tags: declension-3, feminine, masculine Categories (topical): Occupations Synonyms: testis, arbiter
    Sense id: en-auctor-la-noun-wcEMRBNb Disambiguation of Occupations: 14 1 6 14 24 23 17
  6. (poetic) the Creator, God Tags: declension-3, feminine, masculine, poetic Categories (topical): Occupations, People
    Sense id: en-auctor-la-noun-QB~UgUQJ Disambiguation of Occupations: 14 1 6 14 24 23 17 Disambiguation of People: 18 0 9 18 14 32 9 Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the third declension, Latin masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 15 11 11 15 13 24 11 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 13 10 11 18 16 22 10
  7. (also Medieval Latin) one who gives increase (hence: an originator, causer, doer, founder) Tags: Medieval-Latin, also, declension-3, feminine, masculine Categories (topical): Art, Occupations
    Sense id: en-auctor-la-noun-p9qE1d3p Disambiguation of Art: 0 0 6 0 0 0 94 Disambiguation of Occupations: 14 1 6 14 24 23 17 Categories (other): Medieval Latin, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin terms suffixed with -tor, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 16 1 12 10 15 10 35 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -tor: 19 4 5 15 18 6 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 14 4 8 14 12 7 41 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 3 6 10 9 6 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: autor, author (english: considered to be incorrect, but do at least occur in older New Latin) Derived forms: auctōritās, auctorizō, auctor vītae, auctrīx

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "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"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "auctor<3>",
        "f1": "auctor",
        "f2": "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": "14 1 6 14 24 23 17",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Occupations",
          "orig": "la:Occupations",
          "parents": [
            "People",
            "Work",
            "Human",
            "Human activity",
            "All topics",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "seller, vendor"
      ],
      "id": "en-auctor-la-noun-~v7khi-5",
      "links": [
        [
          "seller",
          "seller"
        ],
        [
          "vendor",
          "vendor"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "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"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "10 1 36 10 15 17 12",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Writing",
          "orig": "la:Writing",
          "parents": [
            "Human behaviour",
            "Language",
            "Human",
            "Communication",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "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"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "7 2 4 44 12 4 28",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Business",
          "orig": "la:Business",
          "parents": [
            "Economics",
            "Society",
            "Social sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 1 6 14 24 23 17",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Occupations",
          "orig": "la:Occupations",
          "parents": [
            "People",
            "Work",
            "Human",
            "Human activity",
            "All topics",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sponsor, advocate"
      ],
      "id": "en-auctor-la-noun-J2aN6Etk",
      "links": [
        [
          "sponsor",
          "sponsor"
        ],
        [
          "advocate",
          "advocate"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "14 1 6 14 24 23 17",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Occupations",
          "orig": "la:Occupations",
          "parents": [
            "People",
            "Work",
            "Human",
            "Human activity",
            "All topics",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "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": "15 11 11 15 13 24 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 10 11 18 16 22 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 1 6 14 24 23 17",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Occupations",
          "orig": "la:Occupations",
          "parents": [
            "People",
            "Work",
            "Human",
            "Human activity",
            "All topics",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 0 9 18 14 32 9",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "la:People",
          "parents": [
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "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": "16 1 12 10 15 10 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 4 5 15 18 6 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin terms suffixed with -tor",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 4 8 14 12 7 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 3 6 10 9 6 54",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 6 0 0 0 94",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Art",
          "orig": "la:Art",
          "parents": [
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 1 6 14 24 23 17",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Occupations",
          "orig": "la:Occupations",
          "parents": [
            "People",
            "Work",
            "Human",
            "Human activity",
            "All topics",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "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.tor/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈäu̯kt̪ɔr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈau̯k.tor/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈäu̯kt̪or]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "autor"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "considered to be incorrect, but do at least occur in older New Latin",
      "word": "author"
    }
  ],
  "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"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "auctor<3>",
        "f1": "auctor",
        "f2": "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.tor/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈäu̯kt̪ɔr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈau̯k.tor/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈäu̯kt̪or]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "autor"
    },
    {
      "english": "considered to be incorrect, but do at least occur in older New Latin",
      "word": "author"
    }
  ],
  "word": "auctor"
}

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