Numitor

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Numitōr m sg (genitive Numitōris); third declension

  1. (Roman mythology) a legendary king of Alba Longa, son of Procas, father of Rhea Silvia and Laurus, grandfather of Romulus and Remus, brother of Amulius by whom he was overthrown.
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 6.767–770:
      proximus ille Procās, Trojānae glōria gentis
      et Capys et Numitōr et quī tē nōmine reddet
      Silvius Aenēās, pariter pietāte vel armīs
      ēgregius, si umquam rēgnandam accēperit Albam.

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Numitōr
Genitive Numitōris
Dative Numitōrī
Accusative Numitōrem
Ablative Numitōre
Vocative Numitōr

Derived terms

References
  • Numitor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Numitor in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
  • “Numitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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