noun · masculinethird declension
cōmissātor
cōmissātor m (genitive cōmissātōris)
Classical[koː.mɪsˈsaː.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[ko.misˈsaː.tor]
Meaning
- reveller, participant in a festive procession
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cōmissātor | cōmissātōrēs |
| genitive | cōmissātōris | cōmissātōrum |
| dative | cōmissātōrī | cōmissātōribus |
| accusative | cōmissātōrem | cōmissātōrēs |
| ablative | cōmissātōre | cōmissātōribus |
| vocative | cōmissātor | cōmissātōrēs |
cōmissātor (cōmess-), ōris, m. id.,
I. one who holds or joins in a festive procession, a reveller, Ter. Ad. 5, 2, 8; Cic. Cael. 28, 67; Liv. 40, 7, 8; 40, 9, 1; Quint. 3, 6, 26; Petr. 65, 3; Mart. 9, 62, 15; Gell. 4, 14, 4 al.—
II. Trop.: libellus, a book of songs used in a comissatio, Mart. 5, 16, 9: comissatores conjurationis, in contempt for the companions, participants, in the Catilinian conspiracy, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 11.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
cōmissātor (cōmess-) ōris, m
comissor, a reveller, rioter: haud commodus, T.: comissatorum conspectus: commissatores coniurationis.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin cōmissātor From cōmissor (“to revel”) + -tor.