altor

== Asturian == === Etymology === From altu +‎ -or. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /alˈtoɾ/ [al̪ˈt̪oɾ] Rhymes: -oɾ Syllabification: al‧tor === Noun === altor m or f (plural altores) altitude; height ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “altor”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN “altor”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN == Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“to grow; nourish”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈaɫ.tɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈal.tor] === Noun === altor m (genitive altōris, feminine altrīx); third declension nourisher; sustainer foster-father ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. === Adjective === altor (genitive altōris); third-declension masculine-only adjective (non-i-stem) nutritious, nourishing ==== Declension ==== Declined like the noun, with masculine forms only. Feminine forms and neuter plural forms are supplied by altrīx. ==== Related terms ==== alō altus ==== Descendants ==== → Italian: altore (learned) === References === “altor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “altor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Romanian == === Determiner === altor genitive/dative masculine/neuter/feminine plural of alt