auctor vitae
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Literally “the originator or cause of life” (“life” understood to mean existence simpliciter in the case of God the Father, and to mean the salvation of eternal life in the case of God the Son).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈau̯k.tor ˈu̯iː.tae̯/, [ˈäu̯kt̪ɔr ˈu̯iːt̪äe̯]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈau̯k.tor ˈvi.te/, [ˈäu̯kt̪or ˈviːt̪e]
Proper noun edit
auctor vītae m sg (genitive auctōris vītae); third declension
- (Late Latin, Christianity) an epithet of God and of Jesus: the author of life
Declension edit
Third-declension noun with an indeclinable portion, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | auctor vītae |
Genitive | auctōris vītae |
Dative | auctōrī vītae |
Accusative | auctōrem vītae |
Ablative | auctōre vītae |
Vocative | auctor vītae |