cultor
Latin
Etymology
colō (“cultivate; worship, honor”) + -tor
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkul.tor/, [ˈkʊɫ̪t̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkul.tor/, [ˈkul̪t̪or]
Noun
cultor m (genitive cultōris); third declension
- Someone who bestows care or labor upon something; cultivator, tiller, husbandman, planter, grower.
- An inhabitant, dweller.
- (figuratively) A fosterer, partisan, supporter, follower.
- (figuratively) A worshipper, reverencer, votary.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | 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
Related terms
Descendants
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.
Spanish
Noun
cultor m (plural cultores, feminine cultora, feminine plural cultoras)