noun · masculinethird declension
mūnītor
mūnītor m (genitive mūnītōris)
Classical[muːˈniː.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[muˈniː.tor]
Meaning
- a fortification-worker, fortifier
Ab Romanis nec opus intermissum—triarii erant, qui muniebant—et ab hastatis principibusque, qui pro munitoribus intenti armatique steterunt, proelium initum.
The works were not set aside by the Romans—triarii where there to fend off the enemy—and a fight broke out led by the hastati and principes, eager and fully-equiped, who had been placed before the fortification-workers.27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita 7.23
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mūnītor | mūnītōrēs |
| genitive | mūnītōris | mūnītōrum |
| dative | mūnītōrī | mūnītōribus |
| accusative | mūnītōrem | mūnītōrēs |
| ablative | mūnītōre | mūnītōribus |
| vocative | mūnītor | mūnītōrēs |
mūnītor, ōris, m. id.,
I. a fortifier, a worker on fortifications, an engineer, miner, etc. (not in Cic. or Cæs.), Tac. A. 1, 64:
qui pro munitoribus armati steterant (al. munitionibus), Liv. 7, 23: munitorum numerus, miners, id. 5, 19, 11.—Poet.: Trojae, i. e. Apollo, the builder of the walls of Troy, Ov. H. 5, 139.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
mūnītor ōris, m
munio, a fortifier, engineer, miner : qui pro munitoribus armati steterant, L.: munitorum numerus, sappers and miners , L., Ta.: Troiae, i. e. Apollo , O.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*mey-
- Proto-Indo-European*móyni
- Proto-Italic*moini
- Latinmūnītor
Proto-Indo-European *-yétider. Latin -iō Latin mūniō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin mūnītor From mūniō + -tor.
Descendants
- Middle Frenchmuniteur