convictor

Latin

Etymology

From con- (together) + vīctus (living, nourishment) + -tor, modelled after convīvor (to feast together). Unrelated to victor, which has a short vowel.

Pronunciation

Noun

convīctor m (genitive convīctōris); third declension

  1. one who lives with another, a housemate
  2. a table companion, familiar friend

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative convīctor convīctōrēs
Genitive convīctōris convīctōrum
Dative convīctōrī convīctōribus
Accusative convīctōrem convīctōrēs
Ablative convīctōre convīctōribus
Vocative convīctor convīctōrēs

References

  • convictor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • convictor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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