nepotor

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) 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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		nepōtārī	nepōtātum esse	nepōtātūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		nepōtāns	nepōtātus	nepōtātūrus	—	—	nepōtandus
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