abactor

English

Etymology

From Latin abactor (“cattle rustler”), from abigō (“drive away”); from ab (“from, away from”) + agō (“drive”).

Noun

abactor (plural abactors)

1. (law, obsolete) One who steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds or droves; a cattle rustler.

Synonyms

• rustler

Translations

one who steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds

Dutch: runderdief (nl) m., veedief (nl) m. Finnish: karjavaras (fi)

Latin: abactor (la) m.

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

Bulgarian: Крадец на добитък

Portuguese: ladrão de gado

Anagrams

• acrobat

---

Latin

Etymology

From abigō (“drive away”), from ab (“from, away from”) + agō (“drive”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /abˈak.tor/

Noun

abactor (genitive abactōris); m, third declension

1. A cattle thief; abactor or rustler.
2. A man who abducts.
3. vocative singular of abactor

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	abactor	abactōrēs
genitive	abactōris	abactōrum
dative	abactōrī	abactōribus
accusative	abactōrem	abactōrēs
ablative	abactōre	abactōribus
vocative	abactor	abactōrēs

Synonyms

• (cattle thief): abigeātor, abigeus

Related terms

abactius abactus abagmentum abiga

abigeātor abigeātus abigeus abigō

Descendants

• English: abactor
• Portuguese: abactor