auctor vitae

== Latin == === Etymology === Literally “the originator or cause of life” (“life” understood to mean existence simpliciter in the case of God the Father, and to mean the salvation of eternal life in the case of God the Son). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈau̯k.tɔr ˈwiː.tae̯] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈau̯k.tor ˈviː.te] === Proper noun === auctor vītae m sg (genitive auctōris vītae); third declension (Late Latin, Christianity) an epithet of God and of Jesus: the author of life a. AD 405, Vulgata, Act. 3:15: ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun with an indeclinable portion, singular only.