emptor
English
Etymology
From Latin ēmptor.
Noun
emptor (plural emptors)
- (law) Buyer.
Related terms
- caveat emptor
Anagrams
- pro tem, pro tem., trompe
Latin
Alternative forms
- ēmtor
Etymology
From the supine theme of emō (“to buy”) + -tor (agent noun suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈeːmp.tor/, [ˈeːmpt̪ɔr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈemp.tor/, [ˈɛmpt̪or]
Noun
ēmptor m (genitive ēmptōris); third declension
- buyer, purchaser
- Caveat emptor
- Let the buyer beware
- Caveat emptor
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | ēmptor | ēmptōrēs |
Genitive | ēmptōris | ēmptōrum |
Dative | ēmptōrī | ēmptōribus |
Accusative | ēmptōrem | ēmptōrēs |
Ablative | ēmptōre | ēmptōribus |
Vocative | ēmptor | ēmptōrēs |
Related terms
- emō
- ēmptiō
- ēmptrīx, ēmtrīx
References
- “emptor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “emptor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- emptor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- emptor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette