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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *-tōr. Cognate with Latin -tor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɔːr/ → /tor/ → /tor/
Suffix
-τωρ • (-tōr) m (genitive -τορος); third declension
- Used to form agent nouns
- δώτωρ (dṓtōr, “a giver”), from δίδωμι (dídōmi, “to give”)
Inflection
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References
- Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920) “Part III: Formation of Words”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 839.3