mador

Latin

Etymology

madeō (“I am wet or moist”) +‎ -or

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.dor/, [ˈma.dɔr]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.dor/, [ˈmaː.dor]

(Vulgar) IPA^(key): /ˈma.dor/, [ˈma.ðor]

Noun

mador m (genitive madōris); third declension

(very rare) moisture, wetness

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mador	madōrēs
Genitive	madōris	madōrum
Dative	madōrī	madōribus
Accusative	madōrem	madōrēs
Ablative	madōre	madōribus
Vocative	mador	madōrēs

Descendants

Italian: madore (borrowing)

References

mador in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
mador in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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