deductor
English
Noun
deductor (plural deductors)
Related terms
Noun
deductor (plural deductors)
- (historical) The formal patron of a Roman colony.
- Synonym of pilot whale.
References
- “deductor”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Latin
Etymology
From dēdūcō (“to lead out or down; to accompany; to found”) + -tor (“-er: forming agent nouns”). Equivalent to dē- + ductor.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /deːˈduk.tor/, [d̪eːˈd̪ʊkt̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /deˈduk.tor/, [d̪eˈd̪ukt̪or]
Noun
dēductor m (genitive dēductōris); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Related terms
Descendants
- English: deductor
References
- “deductor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- deductor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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