noun · masculinethird declension
pollīnctor
pollīnctor m (genitive pollīnctōris)
Classical[pɔlˈliːŋk.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[polˈliŋk.tor]
Meaning
- an undertaker: a person who prepares corpses for funerals
Dum levis arsura struitur Libitina papyro, Dum murram et casias flebilis uxor emit, Iam scrobe, iam lecto, iam pollinctore parato
86 CE – 103 CE, Martialis, Epigrammata 10.97.3Pollinctores dicti sunt qui funera morientia accurant; unde et Plautus in Menecmi comoedia ait: 'Sicut pollinctor dixit qui eum pollinxerat'. Pollinctores dicti sunt quasi pollutorum unctores, id est cadauerum curatores, unde et Apuleius in Ermagora ait: 'Pollincto eius funere domuitionem paramus'.
5th-6th c. CE, Fabius Planciades Fulgentius, 3 - a burier
Et circuibunt peragrantes terram : cumque viderint os hominis, statuent juxta illud titulum, donec sepeliant illud pollinctores in valle multitudinis
Vulgata—Ezechiel 39.15
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pollīnctor | pollīnctōrēs pollictōrēs |
| genitive | pollīnctōris pollictōris | pollīnctōrum pollictōrum |
| dative | pollīnctōrī pollictōrī | pollīnctōribus pollictōribus |
| accusative | pollīnctōrem pollictōrem | pollīnctōrēs pollictōrēs |
| ablative | pollīnctōre pollictōre | pollīnctōribus pollictōribus |
| vocative | pollīnctor | pollīnctōrēs pollictōrēs |
pollinctor (or pollictor), ōris, m. pollingo,
I. one who washes corpses and prepares them for burning, an undertaker:
pollinctores sunt, qui mortuos curant, Non. 157, 20; cf.: pollinctores dicti sunt, qui funera morientium accurant, Fulg. p. 559, 9; Plaut. Poen. prol. 63; id. As. 5, 2, 60; Varr. ap. Non. 157, 21 sq.; Mart. 10, 97, 3; Dig. 14, 3, 5; Sid. Ep. 3, 13; of buriers, Vulg. Ezech. 39, 15.Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin pollīnctor From pollingō (“to wash a corpse in preparation for a funeral”) + -tor.
In English words that came into English from pollīnctor
- pollinctorpollīnctor