tributor
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
tributor (plural tributors)
- (mining) A miner who was paid a percentage of the value of whatever ore he mined.
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From tribuō (“grant, bestow”) + -tor.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /triˈbuː.tor/, [t̪rɪˈbuːt̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /triˈbu.tor/, [t̪riˈbuːt̪or]
Noun edit
tribūtor m (genitive tribūtōris); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | tribūtor | tribūtōrēs |
| Genitive | tribūtōris | tribūtōrum |
| Dative | tribūtōrī | tribūtōribus |
| Accusative | tribūtōrem | tribūtōrēs |
| Ablative | tribūtōre | tribūtōribus |
| Vocative | tribūtor | tribūtōrēs |
References edit
- “tributor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- tributor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.