ametor

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀμήτωρ (amḗtōr).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈmeː.tor/, [äˈmeːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈme.tor/, [äˈmɛːt̪or]

Adjective

amētōr m or f (genitive amētōris); third declension

1. motherless, without a mother
   • Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus, liber de praescriptionibus adversus haereticos, caput LIII. In: Patrologiae cursus completus sive bibliotheca universalis, integra, uniformis, commoda, oeconomica, omnium SS. patrum, doctorum scriptorumque ecclesiaticorum. Series prima. Tomus secundus, edited by J.-P. Migne, 1844:

     Melchisedech facere pro coelestibus angelis atque virtutibus, nam esse illum usque adeo Christo meliorem, ut apator sit, ametor sit, agenealogetus sit, cujus neque initium, neque finis comprehensus sit aut comprehendi possit.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	amētōr	amētōrēs
genitive	amētōris	amētōrum
dative	amētōrī	amētōribus
accusative	amētōrem	amētōrēs
ablative	amētōre	amētōribus
vocative	amētōr	amētōrēs

See also

• apatōr

References

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