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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀμήτωρ (amḗtōr).
Pronunciation
Adjective
amētōr m or f (genitive amētōris); third declension
- motherless, without a mother
- Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus, liber de praescriptionibus adversus haereticos, caput LIII. In: Patrologiae cursus completus sive bibliotheca universalis, integra, uniformis, commoda, oeconomica, omnium SS. patrum, doctorum scriptorumque ecclesiaticorum. Series prima. Tomus secundus, edited by J.-P. Migne, 1844:
- Melchisedech facere pro coelestibus angelis atque virtutibus, nam esse illum usque adeo Christo meliorem, ut apator sit, ametor sit, agenealogetus sit, cujus neque initium, neque finis comprehensus sit aut comprehendi possit.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
See also
References
- “ametor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ametor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.