LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

vīsor

vīsor m (genitive vīsōris)
Classical[ˈwiː.sɔr]Ecclesiastical[ˈviː.s̬or]

Meaning

  1. rareone who sees, looks at, watches: a viewer, watcher
    Quid enim, si ille fratris mei visor fama compertum habeat eum esse similem patris, potest insanus aut ineptus esse, si credit?386 CE – 387 CE, Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis, Contra academicos 2.7.19
    Injusti quidem dicunt, quia non est Deus, sed mentiuntur, quia quis, id est, aliquis dabit salutare, id est, salvationem aeternam Israel; facto ex Sion, id est, his qui adeo proficiunt in speculatione, ut tandem gaudeant visione. Nunc enim sumus Sion, id est, speculatores, tandem erimus Israel, id est, perventores et visores;[…]672 CE – 735 CE, Beda Presbyter, De libro Psalmorum 6
  2. one who scouts, explores; one who performs reconnaissance; a scout
  3. Medieval Latinin pluralan eyewitness
    Coordinate term: audītor (“earwitness”)
    Ego Thiatbaldus humilis presbyter rogatus scripsi et subscripsi. Isti sunt visores et auditores: Signum Folchardi, Gerhardi, Wifel et Helmberti, […]Chartularium Werthinense 7
  4. Medieval Latinan official appointed by a king who would look over the forests

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativevīsorvīsōrēs
genitivevīsōrisvīsōrum
dativevīsōrīvīsōribus
accusativevīsōremvīsōrēs
ablativevīsōrevīsōribus
vocativevīsorvīsōrēs

visor, ōris, m.,
I. a scout, only in a gloss ap. Tac. A. 16, 2; omitted by Draeg. and Halm.

Origins

From videō (“to see, look; watch, observe”) + -tor, from Proto-Italic *widēō (“to see”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see”).

Quick answers

What does vīsor mean in Latin?
vīsor, a noun, means “one who sees, looks at, watches: a viewer, watcher; one who scouts, explores; one who performs reconnaissance”.
What is the genitive of vīsor?
The genitive singular is vīsōris. vīsor is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce vīsor?
In classical Latin, [ˈwiː.sɔr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈviː.s̬or].