ianitor
Latin
Etymology
Uncertain, related to iānus and iānua (“front door, entrance”), see -tor.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈjaː.nɪ.tɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈjaː.ni.tor]
Noun
iānitor m (genitive iānitōris); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | iānitor | iānitōrēs |
| genitive | iānitōris | iānitōrum |
| dative | iānitōrī | iānitōribus |
| accusative | iānitōrem | iānitōrēs |
| ablative | iānitōre | iānitōribus |
| vocative | iānitor | iānitōrēs |
Related terms
Descendants
- → English: janitor
References
- “jānĭtor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “īānitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “jānĭtor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.