pollinctor
English
Etymology
Latin pollinctor
Noun
pollinctor (plural pollinctors)
- undertaker
References
- pollinctor in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Latin
Etymology
From pollingō (“wash a corpse in preparation for a funeral”) + -tor.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /polˈlink.tor/, [pɔlˈlɪŋk.tɔr]
Noun
pollinctor m (genitive pollinctōris); third declension
- undertaker; a person who prepared corpses for a funeral.
Declension
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pollinctor | pollinctōrēs |
| Genitive | pollinctōris | pollinctōrum |
| Dative | pollinctōrī | pollinctōribus |
| Accusative | pollinctōrem | pollinctōrēs |
| Ablative | pollinctōre | pollinctōribus |
| Vocative | pollinctor | pollinctōrēs |
References
- pollinctor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- pollinctor in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pollinctor in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin