abusor
Latin
Etymology
abūtor (“misuse, abuse”, agentive suffix) + -tor
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aˈbuː.sɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈbuː.s̬or]
Noun
abūsor m (genitive abūsōris); third declension
- he who misuses
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | abūsor | abūsōrēs |
| genitive | abūsōris | abūsōrum |
| dative | abūsōrī | abūsōribus |
| accusative | abūsōrem | abūsōrēs |
| ablative | abūsōre | abūsōribus |
| vocative | abūsor | abūsōrēs |
References
- “ăbūsor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- "abusor", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- abusor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.