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Ancient Greek
Etymology
πρᾱ́σσω (prā́ssō, “to practice, accomplish”) + -τωρ (-tōr, “agent noun suffix”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /prǎːk.tɔːr/ → /ˈprak.tor/ → /ˈprak.tor/
Noun
πρᾱ́κτωρ • (prā́ktōr) m (genitive πρᾱ́κτορος); third declension
- executor, avenger
- exactor, tax official, tax collector
Declension
Descendants
References
Further reading
- πράκτωρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “πράκτωρ”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “πράκτωρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- G4233 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.