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auctoro

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From auctor (author; originator) +‎ .

Pronunciation

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Verb

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auctōrō (present infinitive auctōrāre, perfect active auctōrāvī, supine auctōrātum); first conjugation

  1. to become security for, give a pledge as bondsman
  2. (often reflexive or passive) to bind or oblige oneself, hire oneself out

Conjugation

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References

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  • auctoro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • auctoro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • auctoro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to give a person advice: auctorem esse alicui, ut
    • (ambiguous) to have as authority for a thing: auctorem aliquem habere alicuius rei
    • (ambiguous) the book is attributed to an unknown writer: liber refertur ad nescio quem auctorem
    • (ambiguous) statesmen: auctores consilii publici