luter

English

Etymology

lute +‎ -er

Noun

luter (plural luters)

1. One who applies lute.
2. A musician who plays a lute.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “luter”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• truel

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Adjective

luter m (feminine singular lutra, masculine plural lutri, feminine plural lutres)

1. (Gherdëina) liquid

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Latin

Etymology 1

From the Ancient Greek λουτήρ (loutḗr, “a washing- or bathing-tub”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈluː.teːr/, [ˈɫ̪uːt̪eːr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.ter/, [ˈluːt̪er]

Noun

lūtēr m (genitive lūtēris); third declension

1. (Classical Latin) a hand-basin, laver
2. (Medieval Latin) a washing- or bathing-tub
3. (Medieval Latin) a baptismal font

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lūtēr	lūtērēs
Genitive	lūtēris	lūtērum
Dative	lūtērī	lūtēribus
Accusative	lūtērem	lūtērēs
Ablative	lūtēre	lūtēribus
Vocative	lūtēr	lūtērēs

References

• “lūtēr”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Jan Frederik Niermeyer, Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus : Lexique Latin Médiéval–Français/Anglais : A Medieval Latin–French/English Dictionary, fascicle I (1976), page 623/2, “1. luter”

Etymology 2

See lutra (“an otter”).

Noun

luter m (genitive lutrī); second declension

1. medieval spelling of lutra

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	luter	lutrī
Genitive	lutrī	lutrōrum
Dative	lutrō	lutrīs
Accusative	lutrum	lutrōs
Ablative	lutrō	lutrīs
Vocative	luter	lutrī

References

• “luter”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• luter in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Jan Frederik Niermeyer, Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus : Lexique Latin Médiéval–Français/Anglais : A Medieval Latin–French/English Dictionary, fascicle I (1976), page 623/2, “2. luter”

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

luter m

1. indefinite plural of lut