compransor

Latin

Alternative forms

• conprānsor

Etymology

From con- (“with”) +‎ prandeō (“take breakfast”) +‎ -tor (agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /komˈpran.sor/, [kɔmˈprä̃ːs̠ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /komˈpran.sor/, [komˈpränsor]
• Homophone: conprānsor

Noun

comprānsor m (genitive comprānsōris); third declension

1. eating companion
   • 106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Philippics 2.39.101:

     hunc tu compransoribus tuis et conlusoribus dividebas

     you have divided it (the district of Campania) among your partners in drunkenness and gambling

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	comprānsor	comprānsōrēs
genitive	comprānsōris	comprānsōrum
dative	comprānsōrī	comprānsōribus
accusative	comprānsōrem	comprānsōrēs
ablative	comprānsōre	comprānsōribus
vocative	comprānsor	comprānsōrēs

References

• “compransor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “compransor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• compransŏr in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 365/2.
• compransor in Ramminger, Johann (2025 February 4 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• “compransor” on page 381/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)