ianitor

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Latin

Etymology

From iānua (“front door, entrance”) +‎ -tor, from iānus (“arcade; covered passageway”).

Pronunciation

Noun

iānitor m (genitive iānitōris); third declension

  1. doorkeeper, doorman, porter
  2. (anatomy) pylorus

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative iānitor iānitōrēs
genitive iānitōris iānitōrum
dative iānitōrī iānitōribus
accusative iānitōrem iānitōrēs
ablative iānitōre iānitōribus
vocative iānitor iānitōrēs

Descendants

  • → English: janitor

References

  • “ianitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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