abactor

English

Alternative forms

• abacter

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈæˌbæk.tɚ/, /æˈbæk.tɚ/

Noun

abactor (plural abactors)

1. (law, obsolete) One who steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds or droves; a cattle rustler. [Attested from the mid 17^th century until the early 19^th century.]

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:rustler

Hyponyms

• horse thief, sheepstealer, napper (obsolete)

Translations

one who steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds

• Dutch: runderdief m, veedief (nl) m
• Finnish: karjavaras
• Latin: abactor (la) m

• Polish: złodziej bydła m pers
• Portuguese: abactor (pt) m, abígeo (pt) m

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• Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} Крадец на добитък (Kradec na dobitǎk)

Anagrams

• CATOBAR, acrobat

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈbaːk.tor/, [aˈbaːk.tɔr]

Noun

abāctor m (genitive abāctōris); third declension

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

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	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

• abāctius
• abāctus
• abagmentum
• abiga

• abigeātor
• abigeātus
• abigeus
• abigō

Descendants

• → English: abactor
• → Portuguese: abactor

References

• abactor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• abactor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin abactor.

Pronunciation

• (Caipira) IPA^(key): /aˌbak(i)ˈtoɻ/
• (Paulista) IPA^(key): /aˌbak(i)ˈtoɹ/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˌbak(i)ˈtoɾ/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐbɐktˈoɾ/
• Hyphenation: a‧bac‧tor

Noun

abactor m (plural abactores, feminine abactora, feminine plural abactoras)

1. abactor (cattle thief)

Synonyms

• abígeo

Related terms

• abacto