genitor
See also: genitôr
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin genitor, from genitus, past participle of the verb gignō + agent noun suffix -or.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdʒɛnɪtə(ɹ)/
Noun
genitor (plural genitors)
- a biological parent (either male or female), or the direct cause of an offspring.
- a generator; an originator
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- (obsolete, in the plural) The genitals
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Related terms
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tōr (“parent”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡe.ni.tor/, [ˈɡɛ.nɪ.tɔr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒe.ni.tor/, [ˈd͡ʒeː.ni.tor]
Inflection
Third declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | genitor | genitōrēs |
Genitive | genitōris | genitōrum |
Dative | genitōrī | genitōribus |
Accusative | genitōrem | genitōrēs |
Ablative | genitōre | genitōribus |
Vocative | genitor | genitōrēs |
Descendants
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, 1883–1887)
- genitor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Portuguese
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