compransor

compransor

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From con- (with) + prandeō (take breakfast) + -tor (agentive suffix).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    comprānsor m (genitive comprānsōris); third declension

    1. eating companion
      • 106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Philippics 2.39.101:
        hunc tu compransoribus tuis et conlusoribus dividebas
        you have divided it (the district of Campania) among your partners in drunkenness and gambling

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative comprānsor comprānsōrēs
    genitive comprānsōris comprānsōrum
    dative comprānsōrī comprānsōribus
    accusative comprānsōrem comprānsōrēs
    ablative comprānsōre comprānsōribus
    vocative comprānsor comprānsōrēs

    References

    • compransor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • compransor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • compransŏr”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 365/2.
    • compransor in Ramminger, Johann (15 May 2026 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
    • compransor” on page 381/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)