Plural form of auctor; multiple authors or creators, particularly used in scholarly or historical Latin contexts.
Simply the plural form of 'auctor' (Latin), maintaining the Latin grammatical structure when used in English scholarly writing.
When English scholars cite medieval texts, they often keep Latin plurals and forms—saying 'auctors' instead of 'authors' signals that you're reading something from the scholarly tradition, like a secret handshake!
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