attributor

English

Etymology

From the Latin attribūtor.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈtɹɪbjuːtɔː/, /əˈtɹɪbjuːtə/
• Hyphenation: at‧trib‧u‧tor

Noun

attributor (plural attributors)

1. One who attributes; an imputer.

Synonyms

• (one who attributes): attributer

Translations

one who attributes

• Latin: attribūtor m

Latin

Alternative forms

• adtribūtor

Etymology

attribuō (“I assign, bestow, give, or allot”) +‎ -tor (suffix forming masculine agent nouns)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /at.triˈbuː.tor/, [ät̪ːrɪˈbuːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /at.triˈbu.tor/, [ät̪ːriˈbuːt̪or]

Noun

attribūtor m (genitive attribūtōris); third declension

1. one who attributes, assigns, grants, or awards

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	attribūtor	attribūtōrēs
Genitive	attribūtōris	attribūtōrum
Dative	attribūtōrī	attribūtōribus
Accusative	attribūtōrem	attribūtōrēs
Ablative	attribūtōre	attribūtōribus
Vocative	attribūtor	attribūtōrēs

Descendants

• English: attributor

References

• adtrĭbūtŏr (att-) in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “64/2”
• atto-, attr- in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “184/1”