cultor
Latin
Etymology
From colō (“to cultivate; worship, honor”) + -tor.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkul.tor/, [ˈkʊɫ̪t̪ɔr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkul.tor/, [ˈkul̪t̪or]
Noun
cultor m (genitive cultōris, feminine cultrīx); third declension
- Someone who bestows care or labor upon something; cultivator, tiller, husbandman, planter, grower.
- inhabitant, dweller
- (figuratively) fosterer, partisan, supporter, follower
- (figuratively) worshipper, reverencer, votary
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cultor | cultōrēs |
| Genitive | cultōris | cultōrum |
| Dative | cultōrī | cultōribus |
| Accusative | cultōrem | cultōrēs |
| Ablative | cultōre | cultōribus |
| Vocative | cultor | cultōrēs |
Synonyms
- (inhabitant): incola
Derived terms
- agricultor
Related terms
- agricola
- colō
- colōna
- colōnārius
- colōnātus
- colōnia
- colōniārius
- colōnicus
- colōnus
- culta
- cultē
- cultiō
- cultrīx
- cultūra
- cultus
Descendants
- Italian: cultore
- Portuguese: cultor
- Spanish: cultor
References
- “cultor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “cultor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cultor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- cultor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Spanish
Noun
cultor m (plural cultores, feminine cultora, feminine plural cultoras)
- grower, harvester
Further reading
- “cultor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014