adutor

Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

adūtor (present infinitive adūtī, perfect active adūsus sum); third conjugation, deponent

  1. a false reading of abūtor in M. Porcius Cato’s “De Agri Cultura

Conjugation

References

  • ădūtor, -ūsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • adutor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Etymology

Latin adductor

Adjective

adutor (feminine adutora, masculine plural adutores, feminine plural adutoras)

  1. (physiology, of a muscle) adducent (which pulls one part towards another)

Noun

adutor m (plural adutores)

  1. adducer (one who adduces)
  2. (anatomy) adductor (muscle which closes extended parts of the body)