ablutor

Latin

Etymology

From abluō (“wash off, cleanse”), from ab (“from, away from”) + luō (“wash, cleanse”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /abˈluː.tor/, [äbˈɫ̪uːt̪ɔr]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /abˈlu.tor/, [äbˈluːt̪or]

Noun

ablūtor m (genitive ablūtōris); third declension

  1. a person who washes off, purifies or cleanses.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ablūtor ablūtōrēs
Genitive ablūtōris ablūtōrum
Dative ablūtōrī ablūtōribus
Accusative ablūtōrem ablūtōrēs
Ablative ablūtōre ablūtōribus
Vocative ablūtor ablūtōrēs

Descendants
  • Portuguese: abluto

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