Latin

Alternative forms

• -sor in forms derived from primarily third conjugation verbs with stems ending in -t-, -d-, -rg-, -ll-, or -rr-.

Suffix

-tor m ‎(genitive -tōris); third declension

1. -er; used to form a masculine agent noun

Usage notes

The suffix -tor is added to a verb to create a third-declension masculine form of an agent noun.

Examples:

cantor ‎(“male singer”); masculine counterpart of cantrīx ‎(“female singer”), from canō ‎(“I sing”)

tōnsor ‎(“male hair cutter”); masculine counterpart of tōnstrīx ‎(“female hair cutter”), from tondeō ‎(“I shear, shave”)

quadrātor ‎(“stonecutter”), from quadrō ‎(“I make square”)

The suffix -tor occasionally is added to a noun to create an agent noun.

Examples:

gladiātor ‎(“gladiator”), from gladius ‎(“sword”)

malleātor ‎(“hammerer”), from malleus ‎(“hammer”)

Inflection

Third declension.

Derived terms

• -tōrium
• -tōrius

Related terms

• -trīx

Descendants

See also

References

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tor]

Etymology 1

From Latin -tor (through a Vulgar Latin form *-torius, and feminine -toare from *-toria), with some neologisms based off French -teur. Ultimately from Proto-Italic *-tōr, from Proto-Indo-European *-tōr < *-tor-s.

Alternative forms

• -ător

Suffix

-tor m sg, n sg ‎(m plural -tori, f singular, f & n plural -toare)

1. -er (used to form nouns from verbs)

   băutor - drinker

   călător - traveler

   făcător - maker

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Latin -tōrius.

Alternative forms

• -ător

Suffix

-tor ‎(m plural -tori, f singular, f & n plural -toare)

1. -ing (used to form adjectives from verbs)

   uimitor - amazing

   strălucitor - shining

See also

• -ar

1. ↑ Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press