architector

English

Etymology

From Middle French architecteur, from Latin architectus, architectōn + Middle French -eur (“-or”).

Noun

architector (plural architectors)

1. (obsolete) An architect.
   • 1579-1603, Thomas North, Plutarch's Lives, page 570:

     Then he said that Homer was wonderfull in all his things, but that amongst others, he was an excellent architector.

Related terms

• architectress

Anagrams

• tetrachoric

Latin

Etymology

From architectus (“architect”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ar.kʰiˈtek.tor/, [ärkʰɪˈt̪ɛkt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ar.kiˈtek.tor/, [ärkiˈt̪ɛkt̪or]

Verb

architector (present infinitive architectārī, perfect active architectātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

1. to build, construct, make
2. (figuratively) to devise, invent, procure, plan

Conjugation

   Conjugation of architector (first conjugation, deponent)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	architector		architectāris, architectāre		architectātur		architectāmur		architectāminī		architectantur
	imperfect	architectābar		architectābāris, architectābāre		architectābātur		architectābāmur		architectābāminī		architectābantur
	future	architectābor		architectāberis, architectābere		architectābitur		architectābimur		architectābiminī		architectābuntur
	perfect	architectātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	architectātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	architectātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	architecter		architectēris, architectēre		architectētur		architectēmur		architectēminī		architectentur
	imperfect	architectārer		architectārēris, architectārēre		architectārētur		architectārēmur		architectārēminī		architectārentur
	perfect	architectātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	architectātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		architectāre		—		—		architectāminī		—
	future	—		architectātor		architectātor		—		—		architectantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		architectārī			—			architectāns			—
future		architectātūrum esse			—			architectātūrus			architectandus
perfect		architectātum esse			—			architectātus			—
future perfect		architectātum fore			—			—			—
perfect potential		architectātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		architectandī		architectandō		architectandum		architectandō		architectātum		architectātū

Related terms

• architectus

References

• “architector”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “architector”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "architector", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• architector in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.