confector

Latin

Etymology

From cōnficiō +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /konˈfek.tor/, [kõːˈfɛkt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈfek.tor/, [koɱˈfɛkt̪or]

Noun

cōnfector m (genitive cōnfectōris, feminine cōnfectrīx); third declension

1. maker, preparer
2. consumer, destroyer, slayer

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	cōnfector	cōnfectōrēs
genitive	cōnfectōris	cōnfectōrum
dative	cōnfectōrī	cōnfectōribus
accusative	cōnfectōrem	cōnfectōrēs
ablative	cōnfectōre	cōnfectōribus
vocative	cōnfector	cōnfectōrēs

References

• “confector”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “confector”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• confector 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)
• confector in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.