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altor

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Asturian

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Noun

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altor f (plural altores)

  1. altitude
    Neles montañes d'Asturies hai puebros de muncha altor.
    In the mountains of Asturias, there are villages at a great altitude.

Latin

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (to grow; nourish).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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altor m (genitive altōris, feminine altrīx); third declension

  1. nourisher; sustainer
  2. foster-father

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative altor altōrēs
genitive altōris altōrum
dative altōrī altōribus
accusative altōrem altōrēs
ablative altōre altōribus
vocative altor altōrēs

Adjective

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altor (genitive altōris); third-declension one-termination adjective (non-i-stem)

  1. nutritious, nourishing

Declension

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Declined like the noun, with masculine forms only. Feminine forms and neuter plural forms are supplied by altrīx.

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Descendants

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  • Italian: altore (learned)

References

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  • altor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • altor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romanian

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Determiner

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altor

  1. genitive/dative masculine/neuter/feminine plural of alt