LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

fictor

fictor m (genitive fictōris)

Meaning

  1. masculinemaker (especially of statuary images)
  2. masculinecreator

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativefictor
fictrīx		fictōrēs
fictrīcēs
genitivefictōris
fictrīcis		fictōrum
fictrīcum
dativefictōrī
fictrīcī		fictōribus
fictrīcibus
accusativefictōrem
fictrīcem		fictōrēs
fictrīcēs
ablativefictōre
fictrīce		fictōribus
fictrīcibus
vocativefictor
fictrīx		fictōrēs
fictrīcēs

fictor, ōris, m. fingo,
I. one who makes images of clay, wood, wax, etc., an imagemaker, statuary.
I. (Syn.: pictor, scalptor, sculptor, plastes, statuarius.) Lit.
A. In gen.: deos ea facie novimus, qua pictores fictoresque voluerunt, Cic. N. D. 1, 29, 81; id. Fragm. ap. Lact. 2, 8, p. 120 Bip.—
B. In partic. in relig. lang., a baker of offering-cakes: apud Ennium: Libaque, fictores, Argeos et tutulatos ... Fictores dicti a fingendis libis, Varr. L. L. 7, § 44 Müll. (cf. Ann. v. 124 ed. Vahl.); so Inscr. Orell. 934; 2281; 2458; cf. Cic. Dom. 54, 139. —
2. A maker, creator, Vulg. Isa. 29, 16; 45, 9.—
II. Trop.
A. In gen., a maker, former (Plautin.): (fortunae) ... vitae agundae, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 85 sq.: omnium Legum atque jurium, id. Ep. 3, 4, 86: somniorum, Vulg. Deut. 13, 5.—
B. In partic., a feigner: fandi fictor Ulixes, a master of deceit, Verg. A. 9, 602.

Origins

fictus, perfect passive participle of fingō (“to form, make”) + -tor

In English words that came into English from fictor

  • fictorfictor

Quick answers

What does fictor mean in Latin?
fictor, a noun, means “maker (especially of statuary images); creator”.
What is the genitive of fictor?
The genitive singular is fictōris. fictor is masculine, third declension.