cultor

Latin

Etymology

From colō (“to cultivate; worship, honor”) +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkʊɫ.tɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkul̪.t̪or]

Noun

cultor m (genitive cultōris, feminine cultrīx); third declension

1. cultivator, tiller, husbandman, planter, grower (someone who bestows care or labor upon something)
2. inhabitant, dweller
3. (figuratively) fosterer, partisan, supporter, follower
4. (figuratively) worshipper, reverencer, votary

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	cultor	cultōrēs
genitive	cultōris	cultōrum
dative	cultōrī	cultōribus
accusative	cultōrem	cultōrēs
ablative	cultōre	cultōribus
vocative	cultor	cultōrēs

Synonyms

• (inhabitant): incola

Derived terms

• agricultor

Related terms

• agricola
• colō
• colōna
• colōnārius
• colōnātus
• colōnia
• colōniārius
• colōnicus
• colōnus
• culta
• cultē
• cultiō
• cultrīx
• cultūra
• cultus

Descendants

• Italian: cultore
• Portuguese: cultor
• Spanish: cultor

References

• “cultor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cultor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "cultor", 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)
• “cultor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cultor.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kuwˈtoʁ/ [kuʊ̯ˈtoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kuwˈtoʁ/ [kuʊ̯ˈtoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kuwˈtoɾ/ [kuʊ̯ˈtoɾ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kuwˈtoʁ/ [kuʊ̯ˈtoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kuwˈtoɻ/ [kuʊ̯ˈtoɻ]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kulˈtoɾ/ [kuɫˈtoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kulˈtoɾ/ [kuɫˈtoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kulˈto.ɾi/ [kuɫˈto.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: cul‧tor

Noun

cultor m (plural cultores, feminine cultora, feminine plural cultoras)

1. grower, harvester

   Synonym: cultivador

2. exponent
3. worshipper

Further reading

• “cultor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kulˈtoɾ/ [kul̪ˈt̪oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: cul‧tor

Noun

cultor m (plural cultores, feminine cultora, feminine plural cultoras)

1. grower, harvester

Further reading

• “cultor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024