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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		architectārī	architectātum esse	architectātūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		architectāns	architectātus	architectātūrus	—	—	architectandus
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.