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Latin
Etymology
From con- (“with”) + prandeō (“take breakfast”) + -tor (agentive suffix).
Pronunciation
Noun
comprānsor m (genitive comprānsōris); third declension
- 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.
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 June 17 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- “compransor” on page 381/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)