ductor
English
Etymology
From Latin ductor, agent noun of duco (“to lead”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdʌktə(ɹ)/
Noun
ductor (plural ductors)
- (obsolete) One who leads.
- 1658, Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus
- be commanded , as having its ductors or commanders at each angle
- 1658, Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus
- (printing) A device, usually in the form of an oscillating roller, for transferring ink from a source to the ink train rollers in a controlled manner.
- 1883, Andrew Overend, "Inking apparatus for printing-machines", US patent US363760, filed 9 November 1883, issued 24 May 1887.
- The combination, with a fountain-roller and an ink-cylinder, of a ductor movable between said roller and cylinder for delivering ink from one to the other...
- 2004, Daniel Gamota, Printed Organic and Molecular Electronics, Springer, published 2004, →ISBN:
- Ink is transferred to the ink distribution rollers by a ductor roller.
- 1883, Andrew Overend, "Inking apparatus for printing-machines", US patent US363760, filed 9 November 1883, issued 24 May 1887.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for ductor in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Latin
Etymology
From dūcō (“I lead, guide”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈduk.tor/, [ˈd̪ʊkt̪ɔr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈduk.tor/, [ˈd̪ukt̪or]
Noun
ductor m (genitive ductōris); third declension
- leader
- commander, general
- (figuratively) iron worker (one who draws out)
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | ductor | ductōrēs |
Genitive | ductōris | ductōrum |
Dative | ductōrī | ductōribus |
Accusative | ductōrem | ductōrēs |
Ablative | ductōre | ductōribus |
Vocative | ductor | ductōrēs |
Derived terms
- armiductor
- ductrix
Related terms
- dūcō
- ductus
References
- “ductor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ductor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ductor 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)
- ductor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- ductor in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Spanish
Noun
ductor m (plural ductores)
- guide, conductor
- probe (surgical)
Further reading
- “ductor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014