Latin

Noun

auctor m ‎(genitive auctōris); third declension

1. (Medieval Latin) one who gives increase (hence: an originator, causer, doer, founder)
   1. seller, vendor
   2. author
   3. (figuratively) authorship, agency, encouragement

Inflection

Third declension.

Derived terms

• auctrīx
• auctoritas

Descendants

References

• auctor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• auctor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• AUCTOR in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “auctor”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to have as authority for a thing: auctore aliquo uti ad aliquid
    
  • an historian: rerum auctor (as authority)
    
  • the writer, author: scriptor (not auctor = guarantor)
    
  • (ambiguous) to give a person advice: auctorem esse alicui, ut
    
  • (ambiguous) to have as authority for a thing: auctorem aliquem habere alicuius rei
    
  • (ambiguous) the book is attributed to an unknown writer: liber refertur ad nescio quem auctorem
    
  • (ambiguous) statesmen: auctores consilii publici
    
• auctor in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• auctor in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• auctor in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Portuguese

Noun

auctor m (plural auctores, feminine auctora, feminine plural auctoras)

1. Obsolete spelling of autor