-tor
a suffix found in loanwords from latin, forming personal agent nouns from verbs and, less commonly, from nouns:
dictator; genitor; janitor; orator; victor.
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- -torium
-atorium suffix used to form nouns place where an indicated thing is done: drinkatorium/ lubritorium/ printorium -torium related terms -atorium
- -tory
a suffix occurring in loanwords from latin, originally adjectival derivatives of agent nouns ending in -tor, (predatory); also forming adjectival derivatives directly from verbs (obligatory; transitory). -tory2 a suffix occurring in loanwords from latin, usually derivatives from agent nouns ending in -tor, or directly from verbs, denoting a place or object appropriate for the activity […]
- -trice
variant of -trix.
- -trich
a combining form meaning “one having hair” of the kind or number specified by the initial element; often used to name a single member of a taxonomic group ending in -tricha: heterotrich; hypotrich.
- -tricha
a combining form meaning “ones having hair” of the kind or number specified by the initial element, used in taxonomic names, especially in taxa of ciliated protozoans: chonotricha; spirotricha.