LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

inventor

inventor m (genitive inventōris, feminine inventrīx)
Classical[ɪnˈwɛn.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[iɱˈvɛn.tor]

Meaning

  1. masculinecontriver, author, discoverer, inventor

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeinventorinventōrēs
genitiveinventōrisinventōrum
dativeinventōrīinventōribus
accusativeinventōreminventōrēs
ablativeinventōreinventōribus
vocativeinventorinventōrēs

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

legum scriptor, conditor, inventor
a legislator.

inventor, ōris, m. invenio,
I. one that finds out, a contriver, author, discoverer, inventor (class.): o mearum voluptatum omnium Inventor, inceptor, perfector, Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 5: Aristaeus, qui olivae dicitur inventor, Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 45: veritatis, id. Fin. 1, 10, 32: disputationum, id. de Or. 1, 11, 47: omnium artium, Caes. B. G. 6, 16: scelerum, Verg. A. 2, 164 al.: inventor legis Volero, proposer, Liv. 2, 56: Stoicorum, founder, Cic. Ac. 2, 42, 131.— Absol.: artes inventoribus afferunt laudem, Quint. 3, 7, 18; 8, 6, 23 Zumpt N. cr.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*énu
  2. Latininventor

Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *gʷm̥yéti Proto-Italic *gʷəniō Latin veniō Latin inveniō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin inventor From inveniō + -tor.

Descendants
  • Catalaninventor
  • Englishinventor
  • Frenchinventeur
  • Romanianinventorfrom French inventeur
  • Italianinventore
  • Portugueseinventor
  • Spanishinventor
  • Galicianinventor
  • Sicilianmminturifrom Portuguese inventor

Quick answers

What does inventor mean in Latin?
inventor, a noun, means “contriver, author, discoverer, inventor”.
What is the genitive of inventor?
The genitive singular is inventōris. inventor is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce inventor?
In classical Latin, [ɪnˈwɛn.tɔr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [iɱˈvɛn.tor].
Where does inventor come from?
Proto-Indo-European *énu → Latin inventor.