emptor

Latin

Etymology

From ēm- (“to buy”) +‎ -tor (agent noun suffix) with epenthetic /p/.

Alternative forms

• ēmtor

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈeːmp.tor/, [ˈeːmpt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈemp.tor/, [ˈɛmpt̪or]

Noun

ēmptor m (genitive ēmptōris); third declension

1. buyer, purchaser

   Caveat emptor

   Let the buyer beware

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ēmptor	ēmptōrēs
Genitive	ēmptōris	ēmptōrum
Dative	ēmptōrī	ēmptōribus
Accusative	ēmptōrem	ēmptōrēs
Ablative	ēmptōre	ēmptōribus
Vocative	ēmptor	ēmptōrēs

Related terms

• emō
• ēmptiō
• ēmptrīx, ēmtrīx

References

• “emptor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “emptor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• emptor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• emptor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.