stertor
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin stertō (“I snore”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
stertor (countable and uncountable, plural stertors)
- (biology, medicine) The act of snoring, especially heavy snoring.
- (biology, medicine) A snoring sound, as for example even during wakefulness in infants with breathing difficulties.
- stertorous respirations
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Translations edit
Anagrams edit
French edit
Noun edit
stertor m (plural stertors)
Further reading edit
- “stertor”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈster.tor/, [ˈs̠t̪ɛrt̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈster.tor/, [ˈst̪ɛrt̪or]
Noun edit
stertor m (genitive stertōris); third declension
- medieval spelling of strātor
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | stertor | stertōrēs |
Genitive | stertōris | stertōrum |
Dative | stertōrī | stertōribus |
Accusative | stertōrem | stertōrēs |
Ablative | stertōre | stertōribus |
Vocative | stertor | stertōrēs |
References edit
- stertor 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)
Verb edit
stertor