auctorとは 意味・読み方・使い方

アナグラム

• turaco, curato, cuatro, outcar, actour, cuarto

語源

By surface analysis, augeō (“to increase, nourish”) +‎ -tor. Given the existence of Umbrian 𐌖𐌇𐌕𐌖𐌓 (uhtur), the term perhaps derives from Proto-Italic *auktōr, though the Umbrian term may be borrowed from Latin.

発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: [ˈau̯k.tɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [ˈau̯k.tor]

名詞

auctor m or f (genitive auctōris, feminine auctor or auctrīx); third declension

1. seller, vendor
2. author, originator

   Synonyms: conditor, creātor

   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 1.287–288:

     Iāne, fac aeternōs pācem pācisque ministrōs,
     nēve suum, praestā, dēserat auctor opus.

     O Janus, make peace and its ministers everlasting,
     and may the author of such an achievement, having prevailed, not abandon it.

3. (figuratively) authorship, agency, encouragement
4. sponsor, advocate
5. surety, witness, voucher

   Synonyms: testis, arbiter

6. (poetic) the Creator, God
7. (also Medieval Latin) one who gives increase (hence: an originator, causer, doer, founder)

使用する際の注意点

Normally masculine, but also used occasionally in Classical Latin as a feminine noun referring to a woman (uniquely among agent nouns ending in the suffix -tor). The use of auctor in reference to women is attested as early as Plautus. The separate feminine form auctrīx is attested postclassically in Tertullian and later authors, but never became frequent.

語形変化

Third-declension noun.

派生語

• auctōritās
• auctorizō
• auctor vītae
• auctrīx

派生した語

参照

Further reading

• “auctor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “auctor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "auctor", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “auctor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to have as authority for a thing: auctore aliquo uti ad aliquid
    
  • an historian: rerum auctor (as authority)
    
  • the writer, author: scriptor (not auctor = guarantor)
    
  • (ambiguous) to give a person advice: auctorem esse alicui, ut
    
  • (ambiguous) to have as authority for a thing: auctorem aliquem habere alicuius rei
    
  • (ambiguous) the book is attributed to an unknown writer: liber refertur ad nescio quem auctorem
    
  • (ambiguous) statesmen: auctores consilii publici
    
• “auctor”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• auctor in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• “auctor”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin