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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /konˈu̯iːk.tor/, [kɔnˈu̯iːkt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈvik.tor/, [koɱˈvikt̪or]

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.

	singular	plural
nominative	convīctor	convīctōrēs
genitive	convīctōris	convīctōrum
dative	convīctōrī	convīctōribus
accusative	convīctōrem	convīctōrēs
ablative	convīctōre	convīctōribus
vocative	convīctor	convīctōrēs

Related terms

• convīctiō
• convīctus
• convīvor

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