LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

lēctor

lēctor m (genitive lēctōris, feminine lēctrīx)
Classical[ˈɫeːk.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[ˈlɛk.tor]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. reader

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

quī legit; librōs vōce clārā aliīs legit.
lēctor -ōris m — in Mille Verba, Artēs et Litterae

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativelēctorlēctōrēs
genitivelēctōrislēctōrum
dativelēctōrīlēctōribus
accusativelēctōremlēctōrēs
ablativelēctōrelēctōribus
vocativelēctorlēctōrēs

lector, ōris, m. 2. lego,
I. one who reads.
I. Lit.
A. In gen., a reader: cum enim Brutus duos lectores excitasset, et alteri orationem legendam dedisset, etc., Cic. de Or. 2, 55, 223: nihil est aptius ad delectationem lectoris, quam fortunae vicissitudines, id. Fam. 5, 12, 4: se lectori credere, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 214: otiosus, Quint. 4, 2, 4: adsiduo ruptae lectore columnae, Juv. 1, 13.—
B. In partic., a slave who read aloud to his master: unum aliquem constituere lectorem, Quint. 2, 5, 6: lectorem inducere, Plin. Ep. 9, 17, 3; cf. id. ib. 1, 15, 2.—
II. Transf., an officer in the Christian Church: itaque hodie diaconus, qui cras lector, Tert. adv. Haeretic. 41; Sid. Ep. 4, 25.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin lēctor From legō + -tor.

Modern borrowings
  • Catalanlector
  • Englishlector
  • Frenchlecteur
  • GermanLektor
  • Romanianlector
  • Spanishlector
  • Bulgarianле́ктор
  • Macedonianлектор
  • Polishlektor
  • Crimean Tatarlektorfrom Russian ле́ктор
Italo-Romance
  • Italianlettore
Ibero-Romance
  • Portugueseleitor
Gallo-Romance
  • Franco-Provençalle̢yturfrom Franco-Provençal leytour
  • Middle Frenchlistrefrom Old French litur
  • Middle Frenchleiteurfrom Old French litur
  • Old Occitanleitre
  • Old Occitanleytoo
Early borrowings
  • Irishléachtóirfrom Old Irish líachtóir

Quick answers

What does lēctor mean in Latin?
lēctor, a noun, means “reader”.
What is the genitive of lēctor?
The genitive singular is lēctōris. lēctor is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce lēctor?
In classical Latin, [ˈɫeːk.tɔr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈlɛk.tor].