Latin edit

Etymology edit

From insistō +‎ -tor.

Noun edit

īnstitor m (genitive īnstitōris); third declension

  1. shopkeeper, broker
  2. huckster, hawker, peddler, salesman

Declension edit

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative īnstitor īnstitōrēs
Genitive īnstitōris īnstitōrum
Dative īnstitōrī īnstitōribus
Accusative īnstitōrem īnstitōrēs
Ablative īnstitōre īnstitōribus
Vocative īnstitor īnstitōrēs

References edit

  • institor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • institor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • institor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • institor”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • institor”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin