altor

Asturian

Noun

altor f (plural altores)

1. altitude

   Neles montañes d'Asturies hai puebros de muncha altor.

   In the mountains of Asturias, there are villages at a great altitude.

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“to grow; nourish”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈal.tor/, [ˈäɫ̪t̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈal.tor/, [ˈäl̪t̪or]

Noun

altor m (genitive altōris, feminine altrīx); third declension

1. nourisher; sustainer
2. foster-father

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	altor	altōrēs
genitive	altōris	altōrum
dative	altōrī	altōribus
accusative	altōrem	altōrēs
ablative	altōre	altōribus
vocative	altor	altōrēs

Adjective

altor (genitive altōris); third-declension one-termination adjective (non-i-stem)

1. nutritious, nourishing

Declension

Declined like the noun, with masculine forms only. Feminine forms and neuter plural forms are supplied by altrīx.

Related terms

• alō
• altus

Descendants

• → Italian: altore (learned)

References

• “altor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• altor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romanian

Determiner

altor

1. genitive/dative masculine/neuter/feminine plural of alt