ator
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Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *ait(t)r, from Proto-Germanic *aitrą.
Cognate with Old Saxon ettor, Dutch etter (“pus”), Old High German eitar (German Eiter (“pus”)), Old Norse eitr (Swedish etter).
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Noun edit
ātor n (nominative plural ātru)
- poison, venom
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Maur, Abbot"
- Marus ġemētte ænne man eft sē wæs yfele ġetawod and hine ǣt se cancor and his weleres wǣron āwlǣtte mid ealle and ēac his nosu fornumen mid āttre...
- Again Maurus found a man who was evilly stricken, and a cancer was eating him, and his lips were rendered loathsome thereby, and likewise his nose destroyed by the poison;...
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Maur, Abbot"
Declension edit
Declension of ator (strong a-stem)
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Etymology edit
Semi-learned borrowing from Latin āctor.
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Noun edit
ator m (plural atores, feminine atriz, feminine plural atrizes)
- actor (a person who performs in a theatrical play or movie)
Venetian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin āctōrem (“doer”, “actor”).