nepotor

Latin

Etymology

From nepōs (“grandson; a spendthrift, prodigal”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /neˈpoː.tor/, [nɛˈpoːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /neˈpo.tor/, [neˈpɔːt̪or]

Verb

nepōtor (present infinitive nepōtārī, perfect active nepōtātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

1. to be prodigal, profuse, extravagant
   • c. 160 CE – c. 225 CE, Tertullian, Apologeticus 46
2. to throw away, squander
   • c. 59 CE, Seneca the Younger, De Beneficiis 1.15.3

Conjugation

   Conjugation of nepōtor (first conjugation, deponent)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	nepōtor		nepōtāris, nepōtāre		nepōtātur		nepōtāmur		nepōtāminī		nepōtantur
	imperfect	nepōtābar		nepōtābāris, nepōtābāre		nepōtābātur		nepōtābāmur		nepōtābāminī		nepōtābantur
	future	nepōtābor		nepōtāberis, nepōtābere		nepōtābitur		nepōtābimur		nepōtābiminī		nepōtābuntur
	perfect	nepōtātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	nepōtātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	nepōtātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	nepōter		nepōtēris, nepōtēre		nepōtētur		nepōtēmur		nepōtēminī		nepōtentur
	imperfect	nepōtārer		nepōtārēris, nepōtārēre		nepōtārētur		nepōtārēmur		nepōtārēminī		nepōtārentur
	perfect	nepōtātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	nepōtātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		nepōtāre		—		—		nepōtāminī		—
	future	—		nepōtātor		nepōtātor		—		—		nepōtantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		nepōtārī			—			nepōtāns			—
future		nepōtātūrum esse			—			nepōtātūrus			nepōtandus
perfect		nepōtātum esse			—			nepōtātus			—
future perfect		nepōtātum fore			—			—			—
perfect potential		nepōtātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		nepōtandī		nepōtandō		nepōtandum		nepōtandō		nepōtātum		nepōtātū

Derived terms

• nepōtātiō

References

• “nepōtor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• nepotor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• nepotor in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016