LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

iānitor

iānitor m (genitive iānitōris)
Classical[ˈjaː.nɪ.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[ˈjaː.ni.tor]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. doorkeeper; doorman; porter
  2. pylorus

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

servus quī iānuam cūstōdit.
iānitor -ōris m — in Mille Verba, Domus et Familia

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeiānitoriānitōrēs
genitiveiānitōrisiānitōrum
dativeiānitōrīiānitōribus
accusativeiānitōremiānitōrēs
ablativeiānitōreiānitōribus
vocativeiānitoriānitōrēs

jānĭtor († jānĭtos, Varr. L. L. 7, § 27 Müll.), ōris, m. janua,
I. a door-keeper, porter, janitor: heus ecquis hic est janitor? aperite, Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 110: carceris, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 45, § 118: janitor (indignum!) durā religate catenā, Ov. Am. 1, 6, 1: utque sedens vester primi prope limina tecti, janitor egressus videt, id. F. 1, 138; Hor. S. 2, 7, 45; id. C. 3, 14, 23; Tib. 1, 1, 65; Col. 1 praef.—
II. Poet., transf.
A. Caeli janitor, i. e. Janus, Ov. F. 1, 139.—
B. (Ingens) janitor, of Cerberus, Verg. A. 6, 400; cf. Hor. C. 3, 11, 16.

Origins

Related to iānus and iānua (“front door; entrance”); see -tor (forming agent nouns from verbs), and compare olitor.

Descendants
  • Englishjanitor

Quick answers

What does iānitor mean in Latin?
iānitor, a noun, means “doorkeeper; doorman; porter”.
What is the genitive of iānitor?
The genitive singular is iānitōris. iānitor is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce iānitor?
In classical Latin, [ˈjaː.nɪ.tɔr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈjaː.ni.tor].