finitor

Latin

Etymology

From fīniō (“finish; limit; appoint”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /fiːˈniː.tor/, [fiːˈniːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fiˈni.tor/, [fiˈniːt̪or]

Noun

fīnītor m (genitive fīnītōris); third declension

1. Someone who determines boundaries; surveyor.
2. Someone who ends or limits (something).

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	fīnītor	fīnītōrēs
genitive	fīnītōris	fīnītōrum
dative	fīnītōrī	fīnītōribus
accusative	fīnītōrem	fīnītōrēs
ablative	fīnītōre	fīnītōribus
vocative	fīnītor	fīnītōrēs

Related terms

• fīnālis
• fīniēns
• fīniō
• fīnis
• fīnitimus
• fīnītiō
• fīnītīvus
• fīnītus

References

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