contemptor

contemptor

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Latin contemnō
Proto-Indo-European *-tōr
Proto-Italic *-tōr
Latin -tor
Latin contemptor

    From contemnō + -tor.

    Noun

    contemptor m (genitive contemptōris); third declension

    1. contemner, despiser

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative contemptor contemptōrēs
    genitive contemptōris contemptōrum
    dative contemptōrī contemptōribus
    accusative contemptōrem contemptōrēs
    ablative contemptōre contemptōribus
    vocative contemptor contemptōrēs

    Descendants

    • Middle French: contempteur
      • French: contempteur

    References

    • “contemptor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “contemptor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “contemptor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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