pactor

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Latin

Noun

pactor m (genitive pactōris); third declension

  1. One who makes a contract or treaty; negotiator.
    • 70 BCE, Cicero, In Verrem 5.55:
      En foederum interpretes, societatis pactores, religionis auctores!
      Here are interpreters of treaties, settlers of the terms of alliances, authorities as to religious obligations!

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative pactor pactōrēs
genitive pactōris pactōrum
dative pactōrī pactōribus
accusative pactōrem pactōrēs
ablative pactōre pactōribus
vocative pactor pactōrēs

References

  • pactor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pactor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pactor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.