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Asturian
Noun
altor f (plural altores)
- altitude
Neles montañes d'Asturies hai puebros de muncha altor.- In the mountains of Asturias, there are villages at a great altitude.
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“to grow; nourish”).
Pronunciation
Noun
altor m (genitive altōris, feminine altrīx); third declension
- nourisher; sustainer
- foster-father
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Adjective
altor (genitive altōris); third-declension one-termination adjective (non-i-stem)
- nutritious, nourishing
Declension
Declined like the noun, with masculine forms only. Feminine forms and neuter plural forms are supplied by altrīx.
Descendants
References
- “altor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- altor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Romanian
Determiner
altor
- genitive/dative masculine/neuter/feminine plural of alt