abactor
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Late Latin abactor (“cattle rustler”), from abigō (“drive away”); from ab (“from, away from”) + agō (“drive”).[1]
Pronunciation
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Noun
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
Hyponyms
- horse thief, sheepstealer, napper (obsolete)
Translations
one who steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds
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References
- ^ 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.
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From abigō (“drive away”), from ab (“from, away from”) + agō (“drive”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /aˈbaːk.tor/, [äˈbäːkt̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈbak.tor/, [äˈbäkt̪or]
Noun
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
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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Descendants
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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: a‧bac‧tor
Noun
abactor m (plural es, feminine abactora, feminine plural abactoras)
- abactor (cattle thief)
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