conditor

Latin

Etymology 1

From condō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.di.tor/, [ˈkɔn̪d̪ɪt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.di.tor/, [ˈkɔn̪d̪it̪or]

Noun

conditor m (genitive conditōris); third declension

1. founder, composer, author, creator

   Synonyms: creātor, auctor

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	conditor	conditōrēs
genitive	conditōris	conditōrum
dative	conditōrī	conditōribus
accusative	conditōrem	conditōrēs
ablative	conditōre	conditōribus
vocative	conditor	conditōrēs

Related terms

• conditio
• conditus

Etymology 2

From condiō (“season, spice”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /konˈdiː.tor/, [kɔn̪ˈd̪iːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈdi.tor/, [kon̪ˈd̪iːt̪or]

Noun

condītor m (genitive condītōris); third declension

1. preserver, pickler, seasoner

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	condītor	condītōrēs
genitive	condītōris	condītōrum
dative	condītōrī	condītōribus
accusative	condītōrem	condītōrēs
ablative	condītōre	condītōribus
vocative	condītor	condītōrēs

Related terms

• condīmentum
• condiō
• condītio
• condītus

Descendants

• German: Konditor
• Norwegian Bokmål: konditor
• Norwegian Nynorsk: konditor
• Russian: кондитер (konditer)
• Swedish: konditor

Verb

condītor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of condiō

References

• “conditor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “conditor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• conditor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) a legislator: legum scriptor, conditor, inventor