ianitor

Latin

Etymology

From iānua (“front door, entrance”) +‎ -tor, from iānus (“arcade; covered passageway”).

Pronunciation

Noun

iānitor m (genitive iānitōris); third declension

  1. doorkeeper, doorman, porter
  2. (anatomy) pylorus

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative iānitor iānitōrēs
Genitive iānitōris iānitōrum
Dative iānitōrī iānitōribus
Accusative iānitōrem iānitōrēs
Ablative iānitōre iānitōribus
Vocative iānitor iānitōrēs
  • iānitrīx

Descendants
  • → English: janitor

References
  • “ianitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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