genitor
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of genitor
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin, equivalent to geni- (variant stem of gignere to beget) + -tor -tor; cognate with Greek genétōr, Sanskrit janitar-
Example Sentences
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It is sad that a genitor after Roosevelt's own heart should be entirely forgotten.
From Time Magazine Archive
Therefore the more proper name of the divine person is begetter and genitor than Father.
From Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
Da jungere dextram Da, genitor; teque amplexu ne subtrahe nostro.
From Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln A Short Story of One of the Makers of Mediaeval England by Marson, Charles L. (Charles Latimer)
Scelus est Iason genitor, et maius scelus Medea mater.
From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Luce, Edmund
And Evander on Pellas:— Contra ego vivendo vici mea fata superstes Restarem ut genitor.
From The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. I by Reeve, Henry
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