ianitor

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain, related to iānus and iānua (front door, entrance), see -tor.

Pronunciation

Noun

iānitor m (genitive iānitōris); third declension

  1. doorkeeper, doorman, porter
  2. (anatomy) pylorus

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative iānitor iānitōrēs
genitive iānitōris iānitōrum
dative iānitōrī iānitōribus
accusative iānitōrem iānitōrēs
ablative iānitōre iānitōribus
vocative iānitor iānitōrēs

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.