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Latin
Etymology
From con- + pōtor.
Noun
compōtor m (genitive compōtōris); third declension
- drinking companion
- Coordinate term: (female) compōtrīx
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- “compotor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “compotor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- compotor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.