finitor

Latin

Etymology

From fīniō (“finish; limit; appoint”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /fiːˈniː.tor/, [fiːˈniː.tɔr]

Noun

fīnītor m (genitive fīnītōris); third declension

  1. Someone who determines boundaries; surveyor.
  2. Someone who ends or limits (something).

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative fīnītor fīnītōrēs
Genitive fīnītōris fīnītōrum
Dative fīnītōrī fīnītōribus
Accusative fīnītōrem fīnītōrēs
Ablative fīnītōre fīnītōribus
Vocative fīnītor fīnītōrēs

References
  • finitor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • finitor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • finitor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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