noun · masculinethird declension
sānctor
sānctor m (genitive sānctōris, feminine sānctrīx)
Classical[ˈsaːŋk.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[ˈsaŋk.tor]
Meaning
- establisher, ordainer
sed præcipuus Servius Tullius sānctor lēgum fuit quīs etiam rēgēs obtemperārent.
1876 translation by Alfred John Church; William Jackson Brodribb But Servius Tullius was our chief legislator, to whose laws even kings were to be subject.c. 117 CE, Tacitus, Annales 3.26
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sānctor | sānctōrēs |
| genitive | sānctōris | sānctōrum |
| dative | sānctōrī | sānctōribus |
| accusative | sānctōrem | sānctōrēs |
| ablative | sānctōre | sānctōribus |
| vocative | sānctor | sānctōrēs |
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
sānctor ōris, m
sancio, an establisher, ordainer : legum, Ta.
Origins
From sanciō + -tor.