abutor
Latin
Etymology
From ab- (“from, away from”) + ūtor (“use, spend; manage, control”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈbuː.tor/, [aˈbuː.tɔr]
Verb
abūtor (present infinitive abūtī, perfect active abūsus sum); third conjugation, deponent
- I use up, exhaust, consume (entirely).
- I waste, squander.
- I misuse, abuse; use improperly.
Inflection
| Conjugation of abutor (third conjugation, deponent) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | abūtor | abūteris, abūtere | abūtitur | abūtimur | abūtiminī | abūtuntur |
| imperfect | abūtēbar | abūtēbāris, abūtēbāre | abūtēbātur | abūtēbāmur | abūtēbāminī | abūtēbantur | |
| future | abūtar | abūtēris, abūtēre | abūtētur | abūtēmur | abūtēminī | abūtentur | |
| perfect | abūsus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | abūsus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | abūsus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | abūtar | abūtāris, abūtāre | abūtātur | abūtāmur | abūtāminī | abūtantur |
| imperfect | abūterer | abūterēris, abūterēre | abūterētur | abūterēmur | abūterēminī | abūterentur | |
| perfect | abūsus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | abūsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | abūtere | — | — | abūtiminī | — |
| future | — | abūtitor | abūtitor | — | — | abūtuntor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | abūtī | abūsus esse | abūsūrus esse | — | — | — | |
| participles | abūtēns | abūsus | abūsūrus | — | — | abūtendus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| abūtī | abūtendī | abūtendō | abūtendum | abūsum | abūsū | ||
Derived terms
- abūsiō
- abūsīvē
- abūsus
- abūsīvus
Descendants
- → Albanian: abuzoj
- → Catalan: abusar, abús
- → English: abuse
- → Galician: abuso
- → Italian: abusare, abuso
- → Maltese: abbuż
- → Old French: abus
- French: abus, abuser
- Norman: abuser, abûther
- → Middle English: abusen
- English: abuse
- Scots: abuise
- → Portuguese: abusar, abuso
- → Romanian: abuza, abuz
- → Spanish: abusar, abuso
- → Hiligaynon: abusar
- → Tagalog: abuso
References
- abutor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- abutor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- abutor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette