ablutor

Latin

Etymology

From abluō (“wash off, cleanse”) +‎ -tor, from ab (“from, away from”) + luō (“wash, cleanse”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /abˈluː.tor/, [äbˈɫ̪uːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /abˈlu.tor/, [äbˈluːt̪or]

Noun

ablūtor m (genitive ablūtōris); third declension

1. a person who washes off, purifies or cleanses.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ablūtor	ablūtōrēs
Genitive	ablūtōris	ablūtōrum
Dative	ablūtōrī	ablūtōribus
Accusative	ablūtōrem	ablūtōrēs
Ablative	ablūtōre	ablūtōribus
Vocative	ablūtor	ablūtōrēs

Related terms

• abluō
• ablūtiō
• ablūtus
• abluvium

Descendants

• Portuguese: abluto

References

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