genitor
τὸ δὲ ποιεῖν ἄνευ νοῦ ἃ δοκεῖ καὶ σὺ ὁμολογεῖς κακὸν εἶναι: ἢ οὔ → but doing what one thinks fit without intelligence is—as you yourself admit, do you not?—an evil
Latin > English
genitor genitoris N M :: father; creator; originator
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
gĕnĭtor: ōris, m. root GEN, gigno,
I a begetter, parent, father, creator, sire (syn.: pater, parens).
I Lit. (class.): quo (animo) nihil ab optimo et praestantissimo genitore melius procreatum, Cic. Univ. 8: imitantes genitorem et effectorem sui, id. ib. 13: dubio genitore creatus, Ov. M. 5, 145: Pelopis, i. e. Tantalus, Hor. C. 1, 28, 7: deūm, i. e. Jupiter, Ov. Am. 1, 13, 45; id. M. 14, 91; the same, Saturnius, Cic. poët. Div. 2, 30, 64: profundi, of Neptune, as ruler of the sea, Ov. M. 11, 202; and genitor alone, Verg. A. 1, 155; of Æneas, id. ib. 1, 716; of Mars: bellorum, Sil. 3, 126; of the deified Romulus: o Romule, Romule die! O pater, o genitor, Enn. ap. Cic. Rep. 1, 41, 64 (Ann. v. 117 Vahl.); so, genitorque Quirine Urbis, Ov. M. 15, 862 (cf.: hujus urbis parens Romulus, Cic. Div. 1, 2, 3).—
II Transf. (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): qua rapitur praeceps Rhodanus genitore Lemanno, source, Aus. Urb. 13, 7: adsciscet nova, quae genitor produxerit usus, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 119: o fraudum genitor, Sil. 13, 738; cf.: Graeci vitiorum omnium genitores, Plin. 15, 4, 5, § 19.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
gĕnĭtŏr,⁹ ōris, m. (geno), père : Cic. Tim. 47 || un des douze grands dieux : [poet.] Cic. Div. 2, 64 || [fig.] fondateur, créateur, auteur : Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 119.
Latin > German (Georges)
genitor, ōris, m. (geno = gigno), I) der Zeuger, Vater, Urheber, Cic. u.a.: deûm, von Jupiter, Ov.: universi, Gott, Col.: so von Neptun, profundi, Ov. met. 11, 202: u. derselbe bl. genitor, Verg. Aen. 1, 716. – II) übtr., der Urheber, vitiorum, Plin.: quae genitor produxerit usus, Hor.
Latin > Chinese
genitor, oris. m. :: 父
