finitor
Latin
Etymology
From fīniō (“finish; limit; appoint”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [fiːˈniː.tɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [fiˈniː.t̪or]
Noun
fīnītor m (genitive fīnītōris); third declension
- Someone who determines boundaries; surveyor.
- Someone who ends or limits (something).
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | fīnītor | fīnītōrēs |
| genitive | fīnītōris | fīnītōrum |
| dative | fīnītōrī | fīnītōribus |
| accusative | fīnītōrem | fīnītōrēs |
| ablative | fīnītōre | fīnītōribus |
| vocative | fīnītor | fīnītōrēs |
Related terms
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.