comestor

Latin

Etymology

See comedō (“I devour, eat up”)

Noun

comēstor m (genitive comēstōris); third declension

glutton
Synonyms: cataphagās, catīllō, comedō, dēgulātor, edō, gāneō, gluttō, gulō, gumia, helluō, lurcō, mandō, mandūcō, phagō, polyphagus
consumer
(Medieval Latin) hostage guaranteeing a debt

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	comēstor	comēstōrēs
Genitive	comēstōris	comēstōrum
Dative	comēstōrī	comēstōribus
Accusative	comēstōrem	comēstōrēs
Ablative	comēstōre	comēstōribus
Vocative	comēstor	comēstōrēs

Related terms

comedō

References

Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “comestor”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill

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