infector

== English == === Etymology === From infect +‎ -or. === Pronunciation === === Noun === infector (plural infectors) Something that infects; that which causes infection. ==== Derived terms ==== == Latin == === Etymology === īnfectus, perfect passive participle of īnficiō (“to infect”) +‎ -tor === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ĩːˈfɛk.tɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [iɱˈfɛk.tor] === Noun === īnfector m (genitive īnfectōris); third declension dyer (one who dyes) ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. === References === “infector”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “infector”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers