emptor

English

Etymology

From Latin ēmptor.

Noun

emptor (plural emptors)

  1. (law) Buyer.

Anagrams

Latin

Alternative forms
  • ēmtor

Etymology

From the supine theme of emō (“to buy”) +‎ -tor (agent noun suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

ēmptor m (genitive ēmptōris); third declension

  1. buyer, purchaser
    Caveat emptor
    Let the buyer beware

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

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
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