architector

English

Etymology

From Middle English architectur, from Middle French architecteur, Medieval Latin architector, and Italian architettore, from Latin architectus, architectōn, due to form-association with Latin agent nouns in -tor.[1]

Noun

architector (plural architectors)

  1. (obsolete) An architect.
    • 1579-1603, Thomas North, Plutarch's Lives, page 570:
      Then he said that Homer was wonderfull in all his things, but that amongst others, he was an excellent architector.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ architector, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From architectus (architect) +‎ .

Pronunciation

Verb

architector (present infinitive architectārī, perfect active architectātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

  1. to build, construct, make
  2. (figuratively) to devise, invent, procure, plan

Conjugation

References

  • architector”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • architector”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "architector", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • architector”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.