ultor

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Latin

Etymology

From ultus (“avenged”, past participle of ulcīscor) +‎ -tor (“-er”, agent noun suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

ultor m (genitive ultōris, feminine ultrīx); third declension

  1. avenger, punisher
  2. epithet of Mars

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative ultor ultōrēs
genitive ultōris ultōrum
dative ultōrī ultōribus
accusative ultōrem ultōrēs
ablative ultōre ultōribus
vocative ultor ultōrēs

Descendants

  • Italian: ultore
  • Spanish: ultor

Adjective

ultor (genitive ultōris); third-declension one-termination adjective (non-i-stem)

  1. (masculine) avenging, vengeful, punishing
    • Propertius, Elegiae 4.1b.115:
      Nauplius ultores sub noctem porrigit ignes, / et natat exuviis Graecia pressa suis.
      • 1990 translation by G. P. Goold
        Nauplius beckons with his vengeful beacon at nightfall, and Greece is shipwrecked, sunk by its booty.

Declension

Declined like the noun, with masculine forms only. Feminine forms and neuter plural forms are supplied by ultrīx.

References

  • “ultor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “ultor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ultor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “ultor”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “ultor”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  • Dizionario Latino, Olivetti

Old English

Etymology

Perhaps from a British dialect form of Latin vultur (“vulture”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ultor m

  1. vulture

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative ultor ultras
accusative ultor ultras
genitive ultres ultra
dative ultre ultrum
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