abactor
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English[edit]
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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/
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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]
- 1659, H. Hammond, A Paraphrase and Annotations Upon the Books of the Psalms:
- […] not only from straying, but, as in time of warr, from invaders and abactors […]
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:rustler
Hyponyms[edit]
- horse thief, sheepstealer, napper (obsolete)
Translations[edit]
one who steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds
References[edit]
- ^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 3
- ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abactor”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 2.
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From abigō (“drive away”), from ab (“from, away from”) + agō (“drive”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈbaːk.tor/, [äˈbäːkt̪ɔr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈbak.tor/, [äˈbäkt̪or]
Noun[edit]
abāctor m (genitive abāctōris); third declension
- A cattle thief; abactor or rustler.
- c. 300 CE – 400 CE, Julius Paulus Prudentissimus, Pauli Sententiae V.18:
- Abactores sunt qui unum equum, duas equas, totidemque boves, vel capram decem, aut porcos quinque abegerint.
- Rustlers are those who drive away one stallion, two mares, as many cattle, or ten goats, or five pigs.
- Abactores sunt qui unum equum, duas equas, totidemque boves, vel capram decem, aut porcos quinque abegerint.
- c. 600 CE – 625 CE, Isidorus Hispalensis, Etymologiae 10.14:
- Abactor est fur iumentorum, et pecorum, quem vulgo abigeum vocant, ab abigendo scilicet.
- Abactor is a thief of draft animals and domestic animals, whom they call in vulgar Latin abigeus, naturally derived from abigendo.
- Abactor est fur iumentorum, et pecorum, quem vulgo abigeum vocant, ab abigendo scilicet.
- A man who abducts.
- c. 334 CE – 337 CE, Julius Firmicus Maternus, Matheseos Libri VIII Liber VI.31.6:
- Si vero in aquosis signis fuerint constituti, pecorum abactores efficient, insequentibus hominibus minaci semper gladio resistentes.
- But if they are arranged in the water signs, they create abductors of domestic animals, opposing chasing men with an ever-threatening sword.
- Si vero in aquosis signis fuerint constituti, pecorum abactores efficient, insequentibus hominibus minaci semper gladio resistentes.
- c. 343 CE – 350 CE, Julius Firmicus Maternus, De Errore Profanarum Religionum Cap V:
- Virum vero abactorem bovum colentes sacra eius ad ignis transferunt potestatem, sicut propheta eius tradidit nobis dicens...
- Their sacrifices, worshipping that man, abductor of the bull (Mithras), bring power to the fires, as their prophet imparted to us, saying...
- Virum vero abactorem bovum colentes sacra eius ad ignis transferunt potestatem, sicut propheta eius tradidit nobis dicens...
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | abāctor | abāctōrēs |
Genitive | abāctōris | abāctōrum |
Dative | abāctōrī | abāctōribus |
Accusative | abāctōrem | abāctōrēs |
Ablative | abāctōre | abāctōribus |
Vocative | abāctor | abāctōrēs |
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References[edit]
- “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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
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)
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