ultor

Latin

Etymology

From ultus (“avenged”, past participle of ulcīscor) +‎ -tor (“-er”, agent noun suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈul.tor/, [ˈʊɫ̪t̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈul.tor/, [ˈul̪t̪or]

Noun

ultor m (genitive ultōris, feminine ultrīx); third declension

1. avenger, punisher
2. epithet of Mars

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ultor	ultōrēs
Genitive	ultōris	ultōrum
Dative	ultōrī	ultōribus
Accusative	ultōrem	ultōrēs
Ablative	ultōre	ultōribus
Vocative	ultor	ultōrēs

Related terms

• ulcīscor
• ultiō
• ultrīx
• ultus

Descendants

• Italian: ultore
• Spanish: ultor

References

• “ultor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ultor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ultor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “ultor”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ultor”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• Dizionario Latino, Olivetti

Old English

Etymology

Perhaps from a British dialect form of Latin vultur (“vulture”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈul.tor/, [ˈuɫ.tor]

Noun

ultor m

1. vulture

Declension

Declension of ultor (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ultor	ultras
accusative	ultor	ultras
genitive	ultres	ultra
dative	ultre	ultrum