autorius

Lithuanian

Etymology

Ultimately from New Latin autor, from Latin auctor. Compare Latvian autors, Polish autor, German Autor. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Likely borrowed via Polish and/or German but references for that claim would be good.

Noun

áutorius m (plural áutoriai, feminine autorė) stress pattern 1

author

Declension

Declension of áutorius

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	áutorius	áutoriai
genitive (kilmininkas)	áutoriaus	áutorių
dative (naudininkas)	áutoriui	áutoriams
accusative (galininkas)	áutorių	áutorius
instrumental (įnagininkas)	áutoriumi	áutoriais
locative (vietininkas)	áutoriuje	áutoriuose
vocative (šauksmininkas)	áutoriau	áutoriai

References

“autorius”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
“autorius”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2024