English

Noun

agrimensor ‎(plural agrimensors)

1. (historical) A land surveyor in Ancient Rome.

Catalan

Noun

agrimensor m, f ‎(plural agrimensors)

1. surveyor

Latin

Etymology

ager ‎(“territory”, “district”, “domain”; “productive land”, “a field”) +‎ mensor ‎(“a measurer”, “a surveyor”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a.ɡriːˈmen.sor/, [a.ɡriːˈmẽː.sɔr]

Noun

agrīmensor m ‎(genitive agrīmensōris); third declension

1. a land surveyor (a professional who measures land, delineates property boundaries, etc.)

Declension

Third declension.

Derived terms

• agrīmensōrius

Descendants

• Catalan: agrimensor
• Italian: agrimensore
• Portuguese: agrimensor
• Romanian: agrimensor (borrowed)
• Spanish: agrimensor

References

• agrīmensor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “agrĭmensŏr”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 92/1.

Portuguese

Noun

agrimensor m (plural agrimensores, feminine agrimensora, feminine plural agrimensoras)

1. surveyor (person occupied with land surveying)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowing from Italian agrimensore, from Latin agrīmensor

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.gri.menˈsor/

Noun

agrimensor m ‎(plural agrimensori)

1. surveyor (person occupied with land surveying)

Declension

Synonyms

• arpentor

Related terms

• agrimensură

References

• agrimensor in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language), 2004-2016

Spanish

Noun

agrimensor m ‎(plural agrimensores)

1. surveyor

Tagalog

Noun

agrimensor

1. surveyor

References

• The Tagalog Pinoy Dictionary