circumductor

Latin

Etymology

From circumdūcō (“lead or draw around”) +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kir.kumˈduk.tor/, [kɪrkʊn̪ˈd̪ʊkt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃir.kumˈduk.tor/, [t͡ʃirkumˈd̪ukt̪or]

Noun

circumductor m (genitive circumductōris); third declension

1. one who leads about, converts another

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	circumductor	circumductōrēs
Genitive	circumductōris	circumductōrum
Dative	circumductōrī	circumductōribus
Accusative	circumductōrem	circumductōrēs
Ablative	circumductōre	circumductōribus
Vocative	circumductor	circumductōrēs

References

• “circumductor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• circumductor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.