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See also: -ator, -atör, -átor, and -ător

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *aitr.

Pronunciation

Noun

ātor n (nominative plural ātru)

  1. poison, venom
    • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Maur, Abbot"
      Marus ġemētte ænne man eft sē wæs yfele ġetawod and hine ǣt se cancor and his weleres wǣron āwlǣtte mid ealle and ēac his nosu fornumen mid āttre...
      Again Maurus found a man who was evilly stricken, and a cancer was eating him, and his lips were rendered loathsome thereby, and likewise his nose destroyed by the poison;...

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative ātor ātru
accusative ātor ātru
genitive ātres ātra
dative ātre ātrum

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Descendants

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese abtor, borrowed from Latin actor, from āctus + -tor.

    Pronunciation

     
     

    • Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -oɾ, (Brazil) -oʁ
    • Hyphenation: a‧tor

    Noun

    ator m (plural atores, feminine atriz, feminine plural atrizes)

    1. actor (a person who performs in a theatrical play or movie)

    Venetan

    Etymology

    From Latin āctōrem (doer”, “actor).

    Noun

    ator m (plural atori or aturi, female equivalent atrice)

    1. actor