ablutor

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Latin

Etymology

From abluō (wash off, cleanse) +‎ -tor, from ab (from, away from) + luō (wash, cleanse).

Pronunciation

Noun

ablūtor m (genitive ablūtōris); third declension

  1. a person who washes off, purifies or cleanses.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative ablūtor ablūtōrēs
genitive ablūtōris ablūtōrum
dative ablūtōrī ablūtōribus
accusative ablūtōrem ablūtōrēs
ablative ablūtōre ablūtōribus
vocative ablūtor ablūtōrēs

Descendants

  • Portuguese: abluto

References

  • ablutor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ablutor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.