LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

fētor

fētor m (genitive fētōris)
Classical[ˈfeː.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[ˈfɛː.tor]

Meaning

  1. stench, stink, bad smell, fetidness

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativefētorfētōrēs
foetōrēs
genitivefētōris
foetōris		fētōrum
foetōrum
dativefētōrī
foetōrī		fētōribus
foetōribus
accusativefētōrem
foetōrem		fētōrēs
foetōrēs
ablativefētōre
foetōre		fētōribus
foetōribus
vocativefētorfētōrēs
foetōrēs

fētor (faet-, foet-), ōris, m. feteo.
I. Prop., an offensive smell, a stench: jacebat in suorum Graecorum fetore atque vino, Cic. Pis. 10, 22; Col. 12, 18, 3: fetores oris emendare, Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 100: nec fetet fetor amanti, Paul. Nol. Carm. 18, 348.—
II. Fig., foulness, noisomeness: reconditorum verborum fetores, Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 86: fetorem haereticae pestis evomuit, Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 5, 47.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin fētor From fēteō (“to stink, smell bad”) + -or.

Descendants
  • Catalanfetor
  • Englishfetor
  • Englishfoetor
  • Italianfetore
  • Portuguesefedor
  • Spanishhedor
  • Spanishfetor
  • Asturianfedor
  • Esperantofetoro
  • Old Frenchfeteur

Quick answers

What does fētor mean in Latin?
fētor, a noun, means “stench, stink, bad smell, fetidness”.
What is the genitive of fētor?
The genitive singular is fētōris. fētor is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce fētor?
In classical Latin, [ˈfeː.tɔr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈfɛː.tor].