English

Noun

ductor ‎(plural ductors)

1. (obsolete) One who leads.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir Thomas Browne to this entry?)

2. (printing) A device, usually in the form of an oscillating roller, for transferring ink from a source to the ink train rollers in a controlled manner.
   • 1883, Andrew Overend, "Inking apparatus for printing-machines", US patent US363760, filed 9 November 1883, issued 24 May 1887.

     The combination, with a fountain-roller and an ink-cylinder, of a ductor movable between said roller and cylinder for delivering ink from one to the other...

   • 2004, Daniel Gamota, Printed Organic and Molecular Electronics, Springer, 2004 ISBN 1402077076.

     Ink is transferred to the ink distribution rollers by a ductor roller.

Latin

Etymology

From dūcō ‎(“I lead, guide”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈduk.tor/

Noun

ductor m ‎(genitive ductōris); third declension

1. leader
2. commander, general
3. (figuratively) iron worker (one who draws out)

Inflection

Third declension.

Derived terms

• ductrix

Related terms

• dūcō
• ductus

References

• ductor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ductor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• DUCTOR in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “ductor”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• ductor in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Spanish

Noun

ductor m ‎(plural ductores)

1. guide, conductor
2. probe (surgical)