LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

repertor

repertor m (genitive repertōris, feminine repertrīx)
Classical[rɛˈpɛr.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[reˈpɛr.tor]

Meaning

  1. masculineAn originator, a deviser.
  2. masculineA discoverer.
    melle pater fruitur, lībōque īnfūsa calentī iūre repertōrī candida mella damus Father [Liber] is delighted by honey, and justly do we offer to [its] discoverer the purest honeys poured on warm cakes. (See Liber – the Greek Dionysus or Roman Bacchus – and The Discovery of Honey by Bacchus.)8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 3.761–762
  3. masculineAn inventor.
  4. figurativelymasculineAn author.

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativerepertorrepertōrēs
genitiverepertōrisrepertōrum
dativerepertōrīrepertōribus
accusativerepertōremrepertōrēs
ablativerepertōrerepertōribus
vocativerepertorrepertōrēs

rĕpertor, ōris, m. id. II. B. 2.,
I. a discoverer, inventor, deviser, author (not in Cic. or Cæs.; cf. inventor): vitis, i. e. Bacchus, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 19; Ov. Am. 1, 3, 11: mellis, id. F. 3, 762: carminis et medicae opis, Phoebus, id. R. Am. 76: poenae, id. Tr. 3, 11, 51: medicinae, i.e. Æsculapius, Verg. A. 7, 772: hominum rerumque, i.e. Jupiter, id. ib. 12, 829: doctrinarum atque leporum, Lucr. 3, 1049: pallae honestae, Hor. A. P. 278: legum, Quint. 2, 16, 9: novi juris, Tac. A. 2, 30: relationis, id. ib. 12, 53: facinorum omnium, id. ib. 4, 11: flagitii ejus, id. ib. 4, 71: perfidiae, Sall. H. 4, 61, 7 Dietsch; Cels. 7, 26, 3; Macr. S. 1, 7, 25: orbis, Prud. Cath. 4, 9: artis rhetoricae, App. Flor 4, p. 360, 12 codd. (v. repertio).

Origins

From reperiō (“to find, discover, invent”) + -tor (“-er”, forming agent nouns), q.v.

Descendants
  • Englishrepertor
  • Frenchrepertour

Quick answers

What does repertor mean in Latin?
repertor, a noun, means “An author.”.
What is the genitive of repertor?
The genitive singular is repertōris. repertor is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce repertor?
In classical Latin, [rɛˈpɛr.tɔr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [reˈpɛr.tor].