reluctor
English edit
Etymology edit
From reluctance + -or.
Noun edit
reluctor (plural reluctors)
- (automotive) A toothed ring or wheel that rotates past a variable reluctance sensor.
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /reˈluːk.tor/, [rɛˈɫ̪uːkt̪ɔr] or IPA(key): /reˈluk.tor/, [rɛˈɫ̪ʊkt̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /reˈluk.tor/, [reˈlukt̪or]
Verb edit
relū̆ctor (present infinitive relū̆ctārī, perfect active relū̆ctātus sum); first conjugation, deponent
- to resist (struggle against)
Conjugation edit
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Spanish: reluchar
References edit
- “reluctor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “reluctor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- reluctor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.