LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfirst conjugation, deponent

tūtor1

tūtor (present infinitive tūtārī or tūtārier, perfect active tūtātus sum)
Classical[ˈtuː.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[ˈtuː.tor]

Meaning

  1. deponentto guard, protect, defend
  2. deponentto ward off, avert

Conjugation conjugation 1 deponent

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.tūtortūtābartūtābor———
2nd sg.tūtāris
tūtāre
tūtābāris
tūtābāre
tūtāberis
tūtābere
———
3rd sg.tūtāturtūtābāturtūtābitur———
1st pl.tūtāmurtūtābāmurtūtābimur———
2nd pl.tūtāminītūtābāminītūtābiminī———
3rd pl.tūtanturtūtābanturtūtābuntur———
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.tūtertūtārer——
2nd sg.tūtēris
tūtēre
tūtārēris
tūtārēre
——
3rd sg.tūtēturtūtārētur——
1st pl.tūtēmurtūtārēmur——
2nd pl.tūtēminītūtārēminī——
3rd pl.tūtenturtūtārentur——
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.tūtāre—
pres. 2nd pl.tūtāminī—
fut. 2nd sg.tūtātor—
fut. 3rd sg.tūtātor—
fut. 3rd pl.tūtantor—
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivetūtārī
tūtārier
—
perfect infinitivetūtātum esse—
future infinitivetūtātūrum esse—
present participletūtāns
tūtante, tūtantem, tūtantēs, tūtantī, tūtantia, tūtantibus, tūtantis, tūtantīs, tūtantium
—
perfect participletūtātustūtāta
tūtātā, tūtātae, tūtātam, tūtātārum, tūtātās, tūtāte, tūtātī, tūtātīs, tūtātō, tūtātōrum, tūtātōs
future participletūtātūrus
tūtātūra, tūtātūrā, tūtātūrae, tūtātūram, tūtātūrārum, tūtātūrās, tūtātūre, tūtātūrī, tūtātūrīs, tūtātūrō, tūtātūrōrum, tūtātūrōs, tūtātūrum
tūtandus
gerundtūtandī, tūtandō, tūtandumsupinetūtātum, tūtātū

tūtor, ātus (
I. inf. parag. tutarier, Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 41), 1, v. dep. a. [tueor], to watch, guard, keep, protect, defend.
I. Lit. (class.; syn. tueor): tutatus est domum, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 196: rem eri (servus), id. Men. 5, 6, 4: rem parentum, id. Merc. 5, 1, 6: res Italas armis, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 2: genae ab inferiore parte tutantur (oculos), Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 143: egregiis muris situque naturali urbem tutantes, Liv. 5, 2, 6: cum Volsci vallo se tutarentur, id. 3, 22, 5: religione sese tutabatur, Tac. A. 1, 39: rem publicam, Cic. Rep. 6, 13, 13; id. Phil. 4, 1, 2: provincias, id. Imp. Pomp. 6, 14: serves Tuterisque tuo fidentem praesidio, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 81; 2, 1, 171: quas (spes) necesse est et virtute et innocentiā tutari, Sall. J. 85, 4: natura arbores cortice a frigoribus et calore tutata est, Plin. 7, praef. § 2: quibus (viribus) ab irā Romanorum vestra tutaremini, Liv. 6, 26, 1: a proximorum insidiis salutem, Val. Ant. ap. Gell. 3, 8, 3: locorum ingenio sese contra imbelles regis copias tutabatur, Tac. A. 6, 41: adversus multitudinem hostium, Liv. 21, 25, 14: ut suae quisque partis tutandae reus sit, responsible for its safety, id. 25, 30, 5.— *
II. Transf., to ward off, avert an evil: ipse praesentem inopiam quibus poterat subsidiis tutabatur, Caes. B. C. 1, 52.!*? Act. collat. form tūto, āre, to watch, defend, guard, etc.: tuos qui celsos terminos tutant, Naev. ap. Non. 476, 10; Pac. ib. 13; Pompon. ib. 12; Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 24.—
2. tūtor, āri, in pass. signif.: patria et prognati tutantur et servantur, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 20: hunc per vos tutari conservarique cupiunt, Cic. Sull. 21, 61: tutata possessio, Symm. Ep. 9, 11.

Origins

From tueor + -tō, via the old past participle tūtus (later replaced by tuitus).

Southern Gallo-Romance
  • Catalantudar
  • Occitantuarfrom Old Occitan tudar
Insular Romance
  • Sardiniantutare
Italo-Romance
  • Italiantutare
Northern Gallo-Romance
  • Franco-Provençaltuar
  • Old Frenchtuer
Elsewhere
  • Vulgar Latin*adtūtāre, *distūtāre,*extūtāre

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

noun · masculinethird declension
tūtor2
tūtor m (genitive tūtōris, feminine tūtrīx)
Classical[ˈtuː.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[ˈtuː.tor]

Meaning

  1. watcher, protector, defender
  2. guardian (of minors)
  3. tutor

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativetūtortūtōrēs
genitivetūtōristūtōrum
dativetūtōrītūtōribus
accusativetūtōremtūtōrēs
ablativetūtōretūtōribus
vocativetūtortūtōrēs

tūtor, ōris, m. tueor,
I. a watcher, protector, defender.
I. In gen. (so very rare; not in Cic.; syn. defensor): et te, pater Silvane, tutor finium, Hor. Epod. 2, 22: tutorem imperii agere, Suet. Tit. 6: Bacchi, i. e. Priapus, Petr. 133.—
II. In partic.
A. Jurid. t. t., a guardian, tutor, of minors, women, insane persons, etc. (prop. of the person; cf. curator, of the estate), Just. Inst. 1, 14, 4; Dig. 26, 1, 18 sq.; 26, 2, 12, § 14.—With esse and dat.: tutor sum liberis (Triarii), Cic. Att. 12, 28, 3: a pupillo Heio, cui C. Marcellus tutor est, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 17, § 37: nemo illum tutorem umquam liberis suis scripsit, id. Clu. 14, 41.—With gen.: cum pupilli Malleoli tutor esset, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 36, § 90: is casu pupilli Junii tutor erat, id. ib. 2, 1, 50, § 132; 2, 1, 51, § 135; 2, 1, 53, § 139: qui tutor Philippi erat, Liv. 40, 54, 4; cf. also Cic. Caecin. 25, 72; id. de Or. 1, 53, 228; id. Mur. 12, 27; Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 16; 3, 5, 14; Liv. 39, 9, 7.—Trop.: orbae eloquentiae quasi tutores relicti sumus, Cic. Brut. 96, 330; cf.: quasi tutor et procurator rei publicae, id. Rep. 2, 29, 51; Ov. Tr. 3, 14, 16.—
B. Tūtor, the title of a mimic play, Cic. de Or. 2, 64, 259.

Origins

From tueor + -tor, via the old past participle tūtus (later replaced by tuitus).

Descendants
  • Catalantutor
  • Englishtutor
  • Frenchtuteur
  • Italiantutore
  • Portuguesetutor
  • Spanishtutor
  • Finnishtuutori
  • Galiciantitor

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

Quick answers

What does tūtor mean in Latin?
tūtor, a verb, means “to guard, protect, defend; to ward off, avert”.
What are the principal parts of tūtor?
tūtor, tūtārī, tūtātus sum (first conjugation, deponent).
How do you pronounce tūtor?
In classical Latin, [ˈtuː.tɔr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈtuː.tor].