ator

See also: -ator, -atör, -átor, and -ător

Old English

Alternative forms

• āttor, ǣtor, ǣttor

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ait(t)r, from Proto-Germanic *aitrą.

Cognate with Old Saxon ettor, Dutch etter (“pus”), Old High German eitar (German Eiter (“pus”)), Old Norse eitr (Swedish etter).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑː.tor/

Noun

ātor n (nominative plural ātru)

1. poison, venom
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Maur, Abbot"

     Marus ġemētte ænne man eft sē wæs yfele ġetawod and hine ǣt se cancor and his weleres wǣron āwlǣtte mid ealle and ēac his nosu fornumen mid āttre...

     Again Maurus found a man who was evilly stricken, and a cancer was eating him, and his lips were rendered loathsome thereby, and likewise his nose destroyed by the poison;...

Declension

Declension of ator (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ātor	ātru
accusative	ātor	ātru
genitive	ātres	ātra
dative	ātre	ātrum

Synonyms

• lybb
• unlybba

Derived terms

• ǣtren
• ǣtrian
• ǣtriġ
• ātorbǣre
• ātorcoppe
• ātorcynn
• ātordrinc
• ātordrinca
• ātorloppe
• ātorlīċ
• ātornes

 

Descendants

• Middle English: ater, atter
  • Scots: attir, atter, etter
  • English: atter

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• actor (pre-1990 spelling)

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin āctor.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈtoʁ/ [aˈtoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈtoʁ/ [aˈtoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aˈtoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aˈtoʁ/ [aˈtoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈtoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /aˈtoɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /aˈtoɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /aˈto.ɾi/

• Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -oɾ, (Brazil) -oʁ
• Hyphenation: a‧tor

Noun

ator m (plural atores, feminine atriz, feminine plural atrizes)

1. actor (a person who performs in a theatrical play or movie)

Venetian

Etymology

From Latin āctōrem (“doer”, “actor”).

Noun

ator m (plural atori or aturi, feminine singular atrice)

1. actor