LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

īnstitūtor

īnstitūtor m (genitive īnstitūtōris)

Meaning

  1. founder, creator, erector, contractor
  2. teacher, instructor

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeīnstitūtorīnstitūtōrēs
genitiveīnstitūtōrisīnstitūtōrum
dativeīnstitūtōrīīnstitūtōribus
accusativeīnstitūtōremīnstitūtōrēs
ablativeīnstitūtōreīnstitūtōribus
vocativeīnstitūtorīnstitūtōrēs

instĭtūtor, ōris, m. id.,
I. a founder, creator, erector, contractor (post-class.): veteres urbium, Amm. 14, 8, 6: sordidissimorum artificiorum, Sen. Ben. 6, 17, 1: materiae, Lact. 2, 8 med.—
II. A teacher, instructor: morum, Treb. Pol. Trig. Tyr. 3, 1. —Plur., Pac. Pan. 8, 5; Lampr. Commod. 1.

Origins

Descendants
  • Englishinstitutor
  • Frenchinstituteur
  • Romanianinstitutorfrom French instituteur
  • Dutchinstituteurfrom French instituteur

Quick answers

What does īnstitūtor mean in Latin?
īnstitūtor, a noun, means “founder, creator, erector, contractor; teacher, instructor”.
What is the genitive of īnstitūtor?
The genitive singular is īnstitūtōris. īnstitūtor is masculine, third declension.