comestor

Latin

Etymology

From comedō (“to devour, eat up”) +‎ -tor (“-er”, suffix forming agent nouns).

Noun

comēstor m (genitive comēstōris); third declension

  1. glutton
    Synonyms: cataphagās, catīllō, comedō, dēgulātor, edō, gāneō, gluttō, gulō, gumia, helluō, lurcō, mandō, mandūcō, phagō, polyphagus
  2. consumer
  3. (Medieval Latin) hostage guaranteeing a debt

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative comēstor comēstōrēs
genitive comēstōris comēstōrum
dative comēstōrī comēstōribus
accusative comēstōrem comēstōrēs
ablative comēstōre comēstōribus
vocative comēstor comēstōrēs

References

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