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Proper noun

Luter ?

1. Luther (surname)

English

Noun

luter ‎(plural luters)

1. One who applies lute.
2. A musician who plays a lute.

Latin

Etymology 1

From the Ancient Greek λουτήρ ‎(loutḗr, “a washing- or bathing-tub”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈluː.teːr/

Noun

lūtēr m ‎(genitive lūtēris); third declension

1. (Classical Latin) a hand-basin, laver
2. (Medieval Latin) a washing- or bathing-tub
3. (Medieval Latin) a baptismal font

Declension

Third declension.

References

• lūtēr in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Jan Frederik Niermeyer, Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus : Lexique Latin Médiéval–Français/Anglais : A Medieval Latin–French/English Dictionary, fascicle I (1976), page 623/2, “1. luter”

Etymology 2

See lūtra ‎(“an otter”).

Noun

lūter m ‎(genitive lūtrī); second declension

1. medieval spelling of lūtra

Declension

Second declension, nominative singular in -er.

¹May also be lūtre.

References

• luter in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “luter”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Jan Frederik Niermeyer, Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus : Lexique Latin Médiéval–Français/Anglais : A Medieval Latin–French/English Dictionary, fascicle I (1976), page 623/2, “2. luter”