repertor
English
Alternative forms
- (obsolete): repertour
Etymology
From Latin repertor, from repertus (“found”), from reperīre (“to find”), from re- (“again, back”) + parere (“to bear, to get”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to bring forth”), + -or (“-er: forming agent nouns”). Influenced by Middle French repertour (“inventor, discoverer”). Cognate with repertible, repertitious.
References
- “† repertor, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009.
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /reˈper.tor/, [rɛˈpɛr.tɔr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /reˈper.tor/
Noun
repertor m (genitive repertōris); third declension
- One who finds something, particularly:
- An originator, a deviser.
- A discoverer.
- An inventor.
- (figuratively) An author.
Declension
Third declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | repertor | repertōrēs |
Genitive | repertōris | repertōrum |
Dative | repertōrī | repertōribus |
Accusative | repertōrem | repertōrēs |
Ablative | repertōre | repertōribus |
Vocative | repertor | repertōrēs |
References
- repertor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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