abusor

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó

Proto-Italic *ap

Latin abder.

Latin ab-

Latin ūtor

Latin abūtor

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin abūsor

From 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

1. 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, 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.