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 (29 July 2025 (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)
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