noun · masculinethird declension
cōnsūmptor
cōnsūmptor m (genitive cōnsūmptōris)
Classical[kõːˈsuːmp.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[konˈsump.tor]
Meaning
- rarea destroyer
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cōnsūmptor | cōnsūmptōrēs |
| genitive | cōnsūmptōris | cōnsūmptōrum |
| dative | cōnsūmptōrī | cōnsūmptōribus |
| accusative | cōnsūmptōrem | cōnsūmptōrēs |
| ablative | cōnsūmptōre | cōnsūmptōribus |
| vocative | cōnsūmptor | cōnsūmptōrēs |
consumptor, ōris, m. id.,
I. a consumer, destroyer (very rare): omnium ignis (connected with confector), * Cic. N. D. 2, 15, 41.—Of fire, Ambros. in Luc. 7, § 132.—Of the wasters of their property, spendthrifts, Sen. Exc. Controv. 3, 1, § 3.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
cōnsūmptor ōris, m
consumo, a consumer, destroyer: omnium ignis.
Origins
cōnsūmptus, perfect passive participle of cōnsūmō (“to devour, lay waste”) + -tor