ultor

Latin

Etymology

From ultus (avenged, past participle of ulcīscor) + -tor (-er, agent noun suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

ultor m (genitive ultōris, feminine ultrīx); third declension

  1. avenger, punisher
  2. epithet of Mars

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ultor ultōrēs
Genitive ultōris ultōrum
Dative ultōrī ultōribus
Accusative ultōrem ultōrēs
Ablative ultōre ultōribus
Vocative ultor ultōrēs

Descendants

  • Italian: ultore
  • Spanish: ultor

References

  • ultor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ultor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ultor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • ultor”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ultor”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  • Dizionario Latino, Olivetti

Old English

Etymology

Perhaps from a British dialect form of Latin vultur (vulture).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈul.tor/, [ˈuɫ.tor]

Noun

ultor m

  1. vulture

Declension

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