tributor

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

tribute +‎ -or

Noun[edit]

tributor (plural tributors)

  1. (mining) A miner who was paid a percentage of the value of whatever ore he mined.

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From tribuō (grant, bestow) +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

tribūtor m (genitive tribūtōris); third declension

  1. a giver, imparter

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tribūtor tribūtōrēs
Genitive tribūtōris tribūtōrum
Dative tribūtōrī tribūtōribus
Accusative tribūtōrem tribūtōrēs
Ablative tribūtōre tribūtōribus
Vocative tribūtor tribūtōrēs

References[edit]

  • tributor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • tributor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.