"auctor" meaning in Latin

See auctor in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈau̯k.tor/ [Classical], [ˈäu̯kt̪ɔr] [Classical], /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: {{root|la|ine-pro|*h₂ewg-}}, {{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>|f=auctrīx}} auctor m (genitive auctōris, feminine auctrīx); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|auctor<3>}} Forms: auctōris [genitive], 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, masculine
    Sense id: en-auctor-la-noun-~v7khi-5 Categories (other): Latin terms suffixed with -tor Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -tor: 12 18 4 11 27 27
  2. author, originator Tags: declension-3, masculine Synonyms: conditor, creātor
    Sense id: en-auctor-la-noun-j0sDCDQ9 Categories (other): Latin terms suffixed with -tor Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -tor: 12 18 4 11 27 27
  3. (figuratively) authorship, agency, encouragement Tags: declension-3, figuratively, masculine Categories (topical): Writing
    Sense id: en-auctor-la-noun-nNinCmwH Disambiguation of Writing: 9 10 27 14 30 10
  4. surety, witness, voucher Tags: declension-3, masculine Categories (topical): Writing Synonyms: testis, arbiter
    Sense id: en-auctor-la-noun-wcEMRBNb Disambiguation of Writing: 9 10 27 14 30 10 Categories (other): Latin terms suffixed with -tor Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -tor: 12 18 4 11 27 27
  5. (poetic) the Creator, God Tags: declension-3, masculine, poetic Categories (topical): Art, Business, Occupations, People, Writing
    Sense id: en-auctor-la-noun-QB~UgUQJ Disambiguation of Art: 0 22 3 0 57 18 Disambiguation of Business: 6 18 11 11 36 18 Disambiguation of Occupations: 14 6 8 24 34 15 Disambiguation of People: 21 0 10 17 40 12 Disambiguation of Writing: 9 10 27 14 30 10 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the third declension, Latin terms suffixed with -tor Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 8 23 6 7 35 20 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 15 11 16 17 25 16 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -tor: 12 18 4 11 27 27
  6. (also Medieval Latin) one who gives increase (hence: an originator, causer, doer, founder) Tags: Medieval-Latin, also, declension-3, masculine
    Sense id: en-auctor-la-noun-p9qE1d3p Categories (other): Medieval Latin, Latin terms suffixed with -tor Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -tor: 12 18 4 11 27 27
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

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{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "auctōritās"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "auctorizō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "auctor vītae"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "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",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "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": "pt",
            "2": "autor",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: autor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: 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": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₂ewg-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
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      "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",
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        "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": "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>",
        "f": "auctrīx"
      },
      "expansion": "auctor m (genitive auctōris, feminine 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": "12 18 4 11 27 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin terms suffixed with -tor",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "seller, vendor"
      ],
      "id": "en-auctor-la-noun-~v7khi-5",
      "links": [
        [
          "seller",
          "seller"
        ],
        [
          "vendor",
          "vendor"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "12 18 4 11 27 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin terms suffixed with -tor",
          "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",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "9 10 27 14 30 10",
          "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",
        "figuratively",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "12 18 4 11 27 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin terms suffixed with -tor",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 10 27 14 30 10",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Writing",
          "orig": "la:Writing",
          "parents": [
            "Human behaviour",
            "Language",
            "Human",
            "Communication",
            "All topics",
            "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",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "8 23 6 7 35 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 11 16 17 25 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 18 4 11 27 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin terms suffixed with -tor",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 22 3 0 57 18",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Art",
          "orig": "la:Art",
          "parents": [
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 18 11 11 36 18",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Business",
          "orig": "la:Business",
          "parents": [
            "Economics",
            "Society",
            "Social sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 6 8 24 34 15",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Occupations",
          "orig": "la:Occupations",
          "parents": [
            "People",
            "Work",
            "Human",
            "Human activity",
            "All topics",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 0 10 17 40 12",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "la:People",
          "parents": [
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 10 27 14 30 10",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Writing",
          "orig": "la:Writing",
          "parents": [
            "Human behaviour",
            "Language",
            "Human",
            "Communication",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the Creator, God"
      ],
      "id": "en-auctor-la-noun-QB~UgUQJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "poetic",
          "poetic"
        ],
        [
          "Creator",
          "Creator"
        ],
        [
          "God",
          "God"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(poetic) the Creator, God"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine",
        "poetic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Medieval Latin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 18 4 11 27 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin terms suffixed with -tor",
          "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",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈau̯k.tor/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈäu̯kt̪ɔr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈau̯k.tor/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈäu̯kt̪or]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "autor"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "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 lemmas",
    "Latin masculine nouns",
    "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "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 inherited from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms suffixed with -tor",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin third declension nouns",
    "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",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "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": "pt",
            "2": "autor",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: autor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: 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": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₂ewg-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "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": "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>",
        "f": "auctrīx"
      },
      "expansion": "auctor m (genitive auctōris, feminine 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",
        "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",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "authorship, agency, encouragement"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "authorship",
          "authorship"
        ],
        [
          "agency",
          "agency"
        ],
        [
          "encouragement",
          "encouragement"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) authorship, agency, encouragement"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "figuratively",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "surety, witness, voucher"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "surety",
          "surety"
        ],
        [
          "witness",
          "witness"
        ],
        [
          "voucher",
          "voucher"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "testis"
        },
        {
          "word": "arbiter"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin poetic terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the Creator, God"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "poetic",
          "poetic"
        ],
        [
          "Creator",
          "Creator"
        ],
        [
          "God",
          "God"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(poetic) the Creator, God"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "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",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈau̯k.tor/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈäu̯kt̪ɔr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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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