linter

English

Etymology 1

Noun

linter (countable and uncountable, plural linters)

1. The short fibres that cling to cottonseeds after the first ginning.
2. (countable) A machine for removing these fibres.

   Synonym: delinter

3. A person or device that collects lint for use in making hats etc.

See also

• lint doctor
• lint roller

Etymology 2

lint +‎ -er

Noun

linter (plural linters)

1. (computing) A program or algorithm that performs linting.

   Coordinate term: sanitizer

   • 2021, Felix Zumstein, Python for Excel, page 73:

     A linter checks your source code for syntax and style errors.

Latin

Etymology

From older form lunter, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *plew- (“to wash”); more at pluit (“it rains”). Cf. also Ancient Greek πλυντήρ (pluntḗr).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈlin.ter/, [ˈlʲɪn̪t̪ɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlin.ter/, [ˈlin̪t̪er]

Noun

linter f or m (genitive lintris); third declension

1. tank, tub, trough, vat, washtub
2. small, lightweight boat, skiff, canoe, wherry
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 2.864:

     nāviget hinc alia iam mihi linter aquā.

     From here, let now my boat sail other waters.
     That is to say:
     Let me now turn to something different.
     (Ovid concludes Book 2 of the Fasti and looks ahead to the next one.)

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	linter	lintrēs
Genitive	lintris	lintrium
Dative	lintrī	lintribus
Accusative	lintrem	lintrēs lintrīs
Ablative	lintre	lintribus
Vocative	linter	lintrēs

• The genitive plural is sometimes found as lintrum.

Descendants

• Albanian: ljundrë
• Aromanian: luntri, lãndurã
• Dalmatian: lundro
• Romanian: luntre

References

• “linter”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “linter”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• linter in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “linter”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers