different between sheldon vs genitor

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin genitor, from Proto-Indo-European *?énh?t?r; the Latin is also equivalent to gign? +? -tor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d??n?t?(?)/

Noun

genitor (plural genitors)

1. a biological parent (either male or female), or the direct cause of an offspring.
2. a generator; an originator
   • 1616, Richard Sheldon, A Survey of the Miracles of the Church of Rome, prouing them to be Antichristian.

     in his prophane legends fthough termed by their Genitours and forefathers

3. (obsolete, in the plural) The genitals

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Holland to this entry?)

Synonyms

• biofather
• biomother
• bioparent
• birthfather
• birthmother
• birthparent

Coordinate terms

• genetrix / genitrix (“female genitor”)

Related terms

• progenitor
• progenitrix

Anagrams

• Negrito, ergotin, negrito, toe ring, toering, trigone

Ladin

Noun

genitor m (plural genitores)

1. parent

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *?énh?t?r (“parent”). Equivalent to gign? +? -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /??e.ni.tor/, [???n?t??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?d??e.ni.tor/, [?d????nit??r]

Noun

genitor m (genitive genit?ris, feminine genetr?x or genitr?x); third declension

1. parent, father, sire

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Synonyms

• pater

Derived terms

• genetr?x / genitr?x

Descendants

References

• genitor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• genitor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• genitor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• genitor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin genitor.

Noun

genitor m (plural genitores, feminine genitora, feminine plural genitoras)

1. genitor (biological parent)

Romanian

Etymology

From French géniteur

Noun

genitor m (plural genitori)

1. genitor (biological parent)

Declension