abactor
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Late Latin abactor (“cattle rustler”), from abigō (“drive away”); from ab (“from, away from”) + agō (“drive”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈæˌbæk.tɚ/, /æˈbæk.tɚ/
Noun[edit]
abactor (plural abactors)
- (law, obsolete) One who steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds or droves; a cattle rustler. [Attested from the mid 17th century until the early 19th century.][2]
Synonyms[edit]
Hyponyms[edit]
- horse thief, sheepstealer, napper (obsolete)
Translations[edit]
one who steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds
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References[edit]
- ^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], ISBN 0-87779-101-5), page 3
- ^ “abactor” in Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 2002, ISBN 978-0-19-860457-0, page 2.
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From abigō (“drive away”), from ab (“from, away from”) + agō (“drive”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
abāctor m (genitive abāctōris); third declension
Inflection[edit]
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | abactor | abactōrēs |
| genitive | abactōris | abactōrum |
| dative | abactōrī | abactōribus |
| accusative | abactōrem | abactōrēs |
| ablative | abactōre | abactōribus |
| vocative | abactor | abactōrēs |
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Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- abactor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- du Cange, Charles (1883), “abactor”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (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[edit]
abactor m (plural abactores, feminine abactora, feminine plural abactoras)
- abactor (cattle thief)
Synonyms[edit]
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- English terms derived from Late Latin
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
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- Latin 3-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
- Latin nouns
- Latin masculine nouns
- Latin third declension nouns
- Latin masculine nouns in the third declension
- Latin noun forms
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese lemmas
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- pt:Crime
