fictor

English

Etymology

From Latin fictor, from fingo (“to shape, to sculpt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪktə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ɪktə(ɹ)

Noun

fictor (plural fictors)

1. An artist who models or forms statues and reliefs in any malleable material.

References

• James Elmes (1826) A General and Bibliographical Dictionary of the Fine Arts
• “fictor”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• fricot

Latin

Etymology

fictus, perfect passive participle of fingō (“to form, make”) +‎ -tor

Noun

fictor m (genitive fictōris); third declension

1. maker (especially of statuary images)
2. creator

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fictor	fictōrēs
Genitive	fictōris	fictōrum
Dative	fictōrī	fictōribus
Accusative	fictōrem	fictōrēs
Ablative	fictōre	fictōribus
Vocative	fictor	fictōrēs

Coordinate terms

• fictrīx (female)

References

• “fictor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “fictor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fictor 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)
• fictor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.