-tor
Latin
Alternative forms
- -sor (in forms derived from primarily third conjugation verbs with stems ending in -t-, -d-, -rg-, -ll-, or -rr-.)
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *-tōr, from Proto-Indo-European *-tōr < *-tor-s. The ō from the nominative case was made common to all cases. Afterwards nom.sg. -tōr > -tor, by Latin sound laws. Paradoxically, as in other r-stems (soror, -or), in the resulting paradigm the one form with a short stem vowel is the only form whose stem was etymologically long.[1]
Cognate to Sanskrit: -तृ (-tṛ) (-ता sg (-tā, nom.)).
Cognate to Ancient Greek -τωρ (-tōr), as in δώτωρ (dṓtōr), and -τήρ (-tḗr), as in δοτήρ (dotḗr), from a separate ablaut *-tḗr (agentive suffix).
Compare Latin -trum (instrumental suffix), from Proto-Indo-European *-tr-o-m (instrumental suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /tor/, [tɔr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /tor/
Usage notes
The suffix -tor is added to a verb to create a third-declension masculine form of an agent noun.
- Examples:
The suffix -tor occasionally is added to a noun to create an agent noun.
Inflection
Third declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | -tor | -tōrēs |
Genitive | -tōris | -tōrum |
Dative | -tōrī | -tōribus |
Accusative | -tōrem | -tōrēs |
Ablative | -tōre | -tōribus |
Vocative | -tor | -tōrēs |
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
See also
References
- Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [tor]
Etymology 1
From Latin -tor (through a Vulgar Latin form *-torius, and feminine -toare from *-toria). With some neologisms based off French -teur. Ultimately from Proto-Italic *-tōr, from Proto-Indo-European *-tōr < *-tor-s.
Alternative forms
Suffix
-tor m or n (feminine singular -toare, masculine plural -tori, feminine and neuter plural -toare)
Declension
Derived terms
Alternative forms
Suffix
-tor m or n (feminine singular -toare, masculine plural -tori, feminine and neuter plural -toare)
- -ing (used to form adjectives from verbs)
- uimitor - amazing
- strălucitor - shining