circumscriptor

circumscriptor

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.
Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos)bor.
Latin circus
Latin circum
Latin circum-
Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-?
Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti
Proto-Italic *skreiβō
Latin scrībō
Latin circumscribō
Proto-Indo-European *-tōr
Proto-Italic *-tōr
Latin -tor
Latin circumscriptor

    From circumscribō + -tor.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    circumscriptor m (genitive circumscriptōris); third declension

    1. defrauder, deceiver, cheat

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative circumscriptor circumscriptōrēs
    genitive circumscriptōris circumscriptōrum
    dative circumscriptōrī circumscriptōribus
    accusative circumscriptōrem circumscriptōrēs
    ablative circumscriptōre circumscriptōribus
    vocative circumscriptor circumscriptōrēs

    References

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