ultor

Latin

Etymology

From ultus (“avenged”, past participle of ulcīscor) +‎ -tor (“-er”, agent noun suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈul.tor/, [ˈʊɫ̪t̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈul.tor/, [ˈul̪t̪or]

Noun

ultor m (genitive ultōris, feminine ultrīx); third declension

1. avenger, punisher
2. epithet of Mars

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ultor	ultōrēs
Genitive	ultōris	ultōrum
Dative	ultōrī	ultōribus
Accusative	ultōrem	ultōrēs
Ablative	ultōre	ultōribus
Vocative	ultor	ultōrēs

Related terms

• ulcīscor
• ultiō
• ultrīx
• ultus

Descendants

• Italian: ultore
• Spanish: ultor

Adjective

ultor (genitive ultōris); third-declension one-termination adjective (non-i-stem)

1. (masculine) avenging, vengeful, punishing
   • Propertius, Elegiae 4.1b.115:

     Nauplius ultores sub noctem porrigit ignes, / et natat exuviis Graecia pressa suis.

     • 1990 translation by G. P. Goold

       Nauplius beckons with his vengeful beacon at nightfall, and Greece is shipwrecked, sunk by its booty.

Declension

Declined like the noun, with masculine forms only. Feminine forms and neuter plural forms are supplied by ultrīx.

References

• “ultor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ultor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ultor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “ultor”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ultor”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• Dizionario Latino, Olivetti

Old English

Etymology

Perhaps from a British dialect form of Latin vultur (“vulture”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈul.tor/, [ˈuɫ.tor]

Noun

ultor m

1. vulture

Declension

Declension of ultor (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ultor	ultras
accusative	ultor	ultras
genitive	ultres	ultra
dative	ultre	ultrum