"rector" meaning in Latin

See rector in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈreːk.tɔr] [Classical-Latin], [ˈrɛk.t̪or] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti Latin regō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin rector From regō (“to steer, to guide; to rule”) + -tor. Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|:af|la:regō<id:rule>|la:-tor<id:agent nouns>|id=ruler|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti Latin regō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin rector, {{af|la|regō|-tor|t1=to steer, to guide; to rule}} regō (“to steer, to guide; to rule”) + -tor Head templates: {{la-noun|rēctor<3>|f=rēctrīx}} rēctor m (genitive rēctōris, feminine rēctrīx); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|rēctor<3>}} Forms: rēctor [canonical, masculine], rēctōris [genitive], rēctrīx [feminine], no-table-tags [table-tags], rēctor [nominative, singular], rēctōrēs [nominative, plural], rēctōris [genitive, singular], rēctōrum [genitive, plural], rēctōrī [dative, singular], rēctōribus [dative, plural], rēctōrem [accusative, singular], rēctōrēs [accusative, plural], rēctōre [ablative, singular], rēctōribus [ablative, plural], rēctor [singular, vocative], rēctōrēs [plural, vocative]
  1. guide, leader Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-rector-la-noun-CZbVxgyT
  2. driver (of a horse, an elephant, a wagon, etc.) Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-rector-la-noun-Br8~CDYo
  3. director, ruler, master, governor Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-rector-la-noun-Nxn5Rdea Categories (other): Latin entries with etymology trees, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the third declension, Latin terms suffixed with -tor, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymology trees: 9 9 48 35 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 6 6 60 28 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 16 16 42 26 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -tor: 10 10 47 33 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 7 7 56 29
  4. tutor, instructor, teacher, mentor Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-rector-la-noun--0HNEQSj
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "rektor",
      "word": "ректор"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Byzantine Greek",
      "lang_code": "grc",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "rhaíktōr",
      "word": "ῥαίκτωρ"
    },
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          "lang_code": "id",
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          "word": "rektor"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "rector"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "rector"
    },
    {
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "recteur"
    },
    {
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Rektor"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "rettore"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norman",
      "lang_code": "nrm",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "recteu"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Irish",
          "lang_code": "ga",
          "word": "reachtaire"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Old Irish",
      "lang_code": "sga",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "rechtaire"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "reitor"
    },
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        "borrowed"
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      "lang": "Romanian",
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        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "rector"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
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        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "rector"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Swedish",
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      "raw_tags": [
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      ],
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        "tree": "1"
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      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-\nProto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti\nLatin regō\nProto-Indo-European *-tōr\nProto-Italic *-tōr\nLatin -tor\nLatin rector",
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    },
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      ]
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rēctōrem",
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    },
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      ]
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      ],
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          "ruler",
          "ruler"
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          "master",
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        ],
        [
          "governor",
          "governor"
        ]
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      ],
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          "instructor",
          "instructor"
        ],
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          "teacher",
          "teacher"
        ],
        [
          "mentor",
          "mentor"
        ]
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    {
      "ipa": "[ˈreːk.tɔr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈrɛk.t̪or]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "rector"
}
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      "lang_code": "bg",
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      ],
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      "lang_code": "de",
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      "word": "Rektor"
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      "word": "rettore"
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    {
      "lang": "Norman",
      "lang_code": "nrm",
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    {
      "form": "rēctōre",
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        "ablative",
        "singular"
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      "form": "rēctor",
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        "singular",
        "vocative"
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      "name": "la-noun"
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "guide, leader"
      ],
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          "leader",
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    {
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      ],
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          "driver",
          "driver"
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "director, ruler, master, governor"
      ],
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          "director",
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        ],
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          "ruler",
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          "master",
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          "governor",
          "governor"
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          "instructor",
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          "mentor",
          "mentor"
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        "declension-3"
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈreːk.tɔr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈrɛk.t̪or]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "rector"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Latin dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-10-15 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-10-01 using wiktextract (c8bd62c and a979ada). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.