mador

Latin

Etymology

madeō (“I am wet or moist”) +‎ -or

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈma.dor/, [ˈmäd̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.dor/, [ˈmäːd̪or]

Noun

mador m (genitive madōris); third declension

1. (very rare) moisture, wetness

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mador	madōrēs
Genitive	madōris	madōrum
Dative	madōrī	madōribus
Accusative	madōrem	madōrēs
Ablative	madōre	madōribus
Vocative	mador	madōrēs

Descendants

• Italian: madore (borrowing)

References

• “mador”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• mador in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.