ianitor

Latin

Etymology

From iānua (“front door, entrance”) +‎ -tor, from iānus (“arcade; covered passageway”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈi̯aː.ni.tor/, [ˈi̯äːnɪt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈja.ni.tor/, [ˈjäːnit̪or]

Noun

iānitor m (genitive iānitōris); third declension

1. doorkeeper, doorman, porter
2. (anatomy) pylorus

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	iānitor	iānitōrēs
genitive	iānitōris	iānitōrum
dative	iānitōrī	iānitōribus
accusative	iānitōrem	iānitōrēs
ablative	iānitōre	iānitōribus
vocative	iānitor	iānitōrēs

Related terms

• iānitrīx

Descendants

• → English: janitor

References

• “ianitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers