genitor
See also: genitôr
English
Etymology
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Borrowed from Latin genitor, from genitus, past participle of the verb gignō + agent noun suffix -or.
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Noun
genitor (plural genitors)
- a biological parent (either male or female), or the direct cause of an offspring.
- a generator; an originator
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Sheldon to this entry?)
- (obsolete, in the plural) The genitals
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Holland to this entry?)
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Noun
genitor m (plural genitores)
Latin
Etymology
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From Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tōr (“parent”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡe.ni.tor/, [ˈɡɛnɪt̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒe.ni.tor/, [ˈd͡ʒɛːnit̪or]
Noun
genitor m (genitive genitōris); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | genitor | genitōrēs |
Genitive | genitōris | genitōrum |
Dative | genitōrī | genitōribus |
Accusative | genitōrem | genitōrēs |
Ablative | genitōre | genitōribus |
Vocative | genitor | genitōrēs |
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References
- “genitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “genitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- genitor 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)
- genitor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese
Etymology
Noun
genitor m (plural genitores, feminine genitora, feminine plural genitoras)
- genitor (biological parent)
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