institutor
English
Alternative forms
- institutour (obsolete)
Etymology
Latin : compare French instituteur. Equivalent to institute + -or.
Noun
institutor (plural institutors)
- One who institutes something.
- institutors of civil policy
- (obsolete) One who educates; an instructor.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Walker to this entry?)
- (obsolete) A presbyter appointed by the bishop to institute a rector or assistant minister over a parish church.
Latin
Noun
īnstitūtor m (genitive īnstitūtōris); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | īnstitūtor | īnstitūtōrēs |
| Genitive | īnstitūtōris | īnstitūtōrum |
| Dative | īnstitūtōrī | īnstitūtōribus |
| Accusative | īnstitūtōrem | īnstitūtōrēs |
| Ablative | īnstitūtōre | īnstitūtōribus |
| Vocative | īnstitūtor | īnstitūtōrēs |
References
- institutor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- institutor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- institutor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- institutor in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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