dispositor
English
Etymology
Latin See disposition.
Noun
dispositor (plural dispositors)
- (obsolete) A disposer.
- (obsolete, astrology) The planet that is lord of the sign where another planet is.
- 1795, Ebenezer Sibly, A New and Complete Illustration of the Occult Sciences:
- The ascendant and the dispositors of the Sun and the Moon bear signification of the mind, and the lord of the ascendant and the Moon of the body.
References
- “dispositor”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [dɪsˈpɔ.sɪ.tɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [d̪isˈpɔː.s̬i.t̪or]
Noun
dispositor m (genitive dispositōris); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dispositor | dispositōrēs |
| genitive | dispositōris | dispositōrum |
| dative | dispositōrī | dispositōribus |
| accusative | dispositōrem | dispositōrēs |
| ablative | dispositōre | dispositōribus |
| vocative | dispositor | dispositōrēs |
References
- “dispositor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- dispositor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.