noun · masculinethird declension
īnstitor
īnstitor m (genitive īnstitōris)
Meaning
- shopkeeper, broker
- huckster, hawker, peddler, salesman
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | īnstitor | īnstitōrēs |
| genitive | īnstitōris | īnstitōrum |
| dative | īnstitōrī | īnstitōribus |
| accusative | īnstitōrem | īnstitōrēs |
| ablative | īnstitōre | īnstitōribus |
| vocative | īnstitor | īnstitōrēs |
instĭtor, ōris, m. insisto,
I. a person who sells goods for another, a factor, broker, agent; a huckster, hawker, peddler (cf.:
circulator, negotiator): amata nautis multum et institoribus, Hor. Epod. 17, 20: mercis, Liv. 22, 25: hibernae tegetis, Juv. 7, 221.—II. Trop.:
eloquentiae, who hawks about his eloquence, makes an exhibition of it, Quint. 11, 1, 50; id. 8, 3, 12.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
īnstitor ōris, m
STA-, a factor, broker, huckster, hawker, peddler: chirographorum: amata multum institoribus, H.: ipse mercis, peddler of his own wares, L.: hibernae tegetis, Iu.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin īnstitor From insistō + -tor.