LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

audītor

audītor m (genitive audītōris)
Classical[au̯ˈdiː.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[au̯ˈdiː.tor]

Meaning

  1. a hearer
  2. an auditor
  3. a pupil, disciple; a person who listens to teachings
  4. metonymicallya reader of a book (in antiquity, books were often read aloud)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeaudītoraudītōrēs
genitiveaudītōrisaudītōrum
dativeaudītōrīaudītōribus
accusativeaudītōremaudītōrēs
ablativeaudītōreaudītōribus
vocativeaudītoraudītōrēs

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

audire Platonem, auditorem esse Platonis
to attend Plato's lectures.

audītor, ōris, m. audio,
I. a hearer, an auditor (syn.: qui audit, discipulus).
I. In gen., Cic. Or. 8, 24; 35, 122; id. N. D. 3, 1, 2; id. Brut. 51, 191; id. Att. 16, 2; Suet. Aug. 86; Vulg. Num. 24, 4; ib. Job, 31, 35; ib. Rom. 2, 13; ib. Jac. 1, 22 al. (auditores in Cic. is freq. periphrased by qui audiunt, Sest. 44; de Or. 1, 5, 17; 1, 51, 219).—
II. Esp., one that hears a teacher, a pupil, scholar, disciple (cf. audio, II. A. 2.): Demetrius Phalereus Theophrasti auditor, Cic. Fin. 5, 19, 54; so id. N. D. 1, 15, 38; id. Ac. 1, 9, 34; id. Div. 2, 42, 87; Sen. Contr. 4, 25 fin.; Ov. P. 4, 2, 35.—
III. Meton.; Varro uses auditor once of a reader of a book, as analogous to the hearing of an oral discourse, Varr. L. L. 6, § 1 Müll. (so vox of a writer: inconditā ac rudi voce memoriam servitutis composuisse, Tac. Agr. 3; cf.: epistolis obtundere, Cic. Att. 8, 1, 4).

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ewis
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  3. Proto-Italic*awizdiō
  4. Latinaudītor

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin audītor From audiō (“hear, listen”) + -tor.

Elsewhere
  • Catalanauditor
  • GermanAuditor
  • Italianauditore
  • Englishauditorfrom Middle English auditour
  • Frenchauditeurfrom Middle French auditeur
  • Occitanauditor
  • Portugueseauditor
  • Romanianauditor
  • Spanishauditor
  • Belarusianаўды́тар
Gallo-Romance
  • Catalanoïdor
  • Occitanausidor
Ibero-Romance
  • Portugueseouvidor
  • Spanishoidor
Balkano-Romance
  • Romanianauzitor
Italo-Romance
  • Italianuditore

Quick answers

What does audītor mean in Latin?
audītor, a noun, means “a hearer; an auditor; a pupil, disciple”.
What is the genitive of audītor?
The genitive singular is audītōris. audītor is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce audītor?
In classical Latin, [au̯ˈdiː.tɔr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [au̯ˈdiː.tor].
Where does audītor come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewis → Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- → Proto-Italic *awizdiō → Latin audītor.