LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

genitor

genitor m (genitive genitōris, feminine genetrīx or genitrīx)
Classical[ˈɡɛ.nɪ.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[ˈd͡ʒɛː.ni.tor]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. masculineparent, father, sire, begetter, procreator
    subiit cārī genitōris imāgō“the thought of [my] dear father came to mind”29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 2.560
    ecce deûm genitor rutilās per nūbila flammās spargitBehold the father of the gods scattering his reddening flames through the clouds8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 3.285–286

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

pater; quī gignit.
genitor -ōris m — in Mille Verba, Domus et Familia

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativegenitorgenitōrēs
genitivegenitōrisgenitōrum
dativegenitōrīgenitōribus
accusativegenitōremgenitōrēs
ablativegenitōregenitōribus
vocativegenitorgenitōrēs

gĕnĭtor, ōris, m. root GEN, gigno,
I. a begetter, parent, father, creator, sire (syn.: pater, parens).
I. Lit. (class.): quo (animo) nihil ab optimo et praestantissimo genitore melius procreatum, Cic. Univ. 8: imitantes genitorem et effectorem sui, id. ib. 13: dubio genitore creatus, Ov. M. 5, 145: Pelopis, i. e. Tantalus, Hor. C. 1, 28, 7: deūm, i. e. Jupiter, Ov. Am. 1, 13, 45; id. M. 14, 91; the same, Saturnius, Cic. poët. Div. 2, 30, 64: profundi, of Neptune, as ruler of the sea, Ov. M. 11, 202; and genitor alone, Verg. A. 1, 155; of Æneas, id. ib. 1, 716; of Mars: bellorum, Sil. 3, 126; of the deified Romulus: o Romule, Romule die! O pater, o genitor, Enn. ap. Cic. Rep. 1, 41, 64 (Ann. v. 117 Vahl.); so, genitorque Quirine Urbis, Ov. M. 15, 862 (cf.: hujus urbis parens Romulus, Cic. Div. 1, 2, 3).—
II. Transf. (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): qua rapitur praeceps Rhodanus genitore Lemanno, source, Aus. Urb. 13, 7: adsciscet nova, quae genitor produxerit usus, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 119: o fraudum genitor, Sil. 13, 738; cf.: Graeci vitiorum omnium genitores, Plin. 15, 4, 5, § 19.

Origins

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tōr (“parent”). Equivalent to genō + -tor.

Descendants
  • Englishgenitor
  • Frenchgéniteur
  • Italiangenitore
  • Portuguesegenitor
  • Spanishgenitor
  • Friuliangenitôr
  • Idogenitoro
  • Ladinojenitor
  • Romanshgenitur
  • Siciliangenituri

Quick answers

What does genitor mean in Latin?
genitor, a noun, means “parent, father, sire, begetter, procreator”.
What is the genitive of genitor?
The genitive singular is genitōris. genitor is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce genitor?
In classical Latin, [ˈɡɛ.nɪ.tɔr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈd͡ʒɛː.ni.tor].