lictor
Spanish, noun/liɡˈtoɾ/
lictor is spelled L-I-C-T-O-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 55 million words in written Spanish, the 260,274th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lictor is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “lictor (an official in Ancient Rome)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Ministro de justicia entre los romanos, que precedía con las fasces a los cónsules y a otros magistrados”.
What does lictor mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelictor (an official in Ancient Rome)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ministro de justicia entre los romanos, que precedía con las fasces a los cónsules y a otros magistrados.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of lictor
- lictores plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lictor?
- /liɡˈtoɾ/
- [liɣ̞ˈt̪oɾ]
- [likˈt̪oɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lictor
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lictor in Spanish?
lictor appears about once in every 55 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).