Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 204.auctor on page 204
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auctor author
auctor is a Latin Noun that primarily means author.
Definitions for auctor
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
increaser, author, originator
English derivatives:
authority authorize
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
The principal in a sale, vendor, seller.
- 2
A person with a title to take action or make a decision, an authority; (spec.) a person having power to fulfil a promise. (b) one who (or that which) gives authority (for doing something, etc.); one who attests or vouches for the truth of (a statement). (c) a guarantor, surety.
- 3
(usu. as pred. of the vb. 'to be' or in abl. absol.) One who approves, sanctions or authorizes. (b) one who sanctions or authorizes the action of another in his capacity as guardian; a consenting witness (to a marriage).
Sentences with auctor
Latin to English
Hic auctor est clārior quam ille.Compare This author is more famous than that one.
Quīdam dīxērunt hunc auctōrem esse clāriōrem quam illum.Compare Certain men said that his author was more famous than that one.
Librōs sapientiōrum auctōrum legite, sī vītam sapientissiman agere cupitis.Compare Read the books of wiser authors if you wish to lead the wisest (a very wise) life.
Sex auctōrēs quōrum librōs lēgī sunt acerbiōrēs.Compare The six authors whose books I have read are too (rather) harsh.
Pessimī auctōrēs librōs plūrimōs scrībunt.Compare The worst authors write very many books.
Hī librī peiōrēs sunt quam librī auctōrum meliōrum.Compare These books are worse than the books of better authors.
Haec illī auctōrī clārissimō nārrā ut in librō eius scrībantur.Compare Tell these things to that very famous author so that they may be written in his book.
Sapientissimī auctōrēs plūrēs librōs scrībant ut omnēs gentēs adiuvāre possint.Compare Let the wisest authors write more books so that they may be able to help all peoples.
Declension table for auctor
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | auctor | auctōrēs |
| Gen. | auctōris | auctōrum |
| Dat. | auctōrī | auctōribus |
| Acc. | auctōrem | auctōrēs |
| Abl. | auctōre | auctōribus |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 125.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 204.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 122.
Bibliography
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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "auctor, auctōris (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/auctor-auctoris.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 125.auctor, auctōris on page 125
