altor

Asturian

Noun

altor f (plural altores)

  1. altitude
    Neles montañes d'Asturies hai puebros de muncha altor.
    In the mountains of Asturias, there are villages at a great altitude.

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“to grow; nourish”).

Pronunciation

Noun

altor m (genitive altōris, feminine altrīx); third declension

  1. nourisher; sustainer
  2. foster-father

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative altor altōrēs
Genitive altōris altōrum
Dative altōrī altōribus
Accusative altōrem altōrēs
Ablative altōre altōribus
Vocative altor altōrēs

Adjective

altor (genitive altōris); third-declension one-termination adjective

  1. nutritious

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative altor altōrēs altōria
Genitive altōris altōrium
Dative altōrī altōribus
Accusative altōrem altor altōrēs altōria
Ablative altōrī altōribus
Vocative altor altōrēs altōria

Descendants
  • → Italian: altore (learned)

References
  • “altor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • altor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romanian

Determiner

altor

  1. genitive/dative masculine/neuter/feminine plural of alt
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