Numitor

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈnu.mi.toːr/, [ˈnʊmɪt̪oːr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈnu.mi.tor/, [ˈnuːmit̪or]

Proper noun

Numitōr m sg (genitive Numitōris); third declension

1. (Roman mythology) a legendary king of Alba Longa, son of Procas, father of Rhea Silvia and Laurus, grandfather of Romulus and Remus, brother of Amulius by whom he was overthrown.
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 6.767–770:

     proximus ille Procās, Trojānae glōria gentis
     et Capys et Numitōr et quī tē nōmine reddet
     Silvius Aenēās, pariter pietāte vel armīs
     ēgregius, si umquam rēgnandam accēperit Albam.

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Numitōr
Genitive	Numitōris
Dative	Numitōrī
Accusative	Numitōrem
Ablative	Numitōre
Vocative	Numitōr

Derived terms

• Numitōrius

References

• Numitor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Numitor in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
• “Numitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press