"comestor" meaning in Latin

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Noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Latin comedō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin comēstor From comedō (“to devour, eat up”) + -tor (“-er”, suffix forming agent nouns). Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:af|comedō<t:to devour, eat up>|-tor<t:-er><pos:suffix forming agent nouns>|text=+|title=comēstor|tree=1}} Etymology tree Latin comedō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin comēstor [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-tōr", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-tor", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la", "pos" : "suffix forming agent nouns" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "comēstor", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="comēstor"> From comedō (“to devour, eat up”) + -tor (“-er”, suffix forming agent nouns). Head templates: {{la-noun|comēstor<3>}} comēstor m (genitive comēstōris); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|comēstor<3>}} Forms: comēstor [canonical, masculine], comēstōris [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], comēstor [nominative, singular], comēstōrēs [nominative, plural], comēstōris [genitive, singular], comēstōrum [genitive, plural], comēstōrī [dative, singular], comēstōribus [dative, plural], comēstōrem [accusative, singular], comēstōrēs [accusative, plural], comēstōre [ablative, singular], comēstōribus [ablative, plural], comēstor [singular, vocative], comēstōrēs [plural, vocative]
  1. glutton Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-comestor-la-noun-7BcFPU2j Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the third declension, Latin terms suffixed with -tor, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 44 28 27 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -tor: 40 28 33 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 39 24 37 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 30 36 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 36 27 37 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 35 27 38 Synonyms: cataphagās, catīllō, comedō, dēgulātor, edō, gāneō, gluttō, gulō, gumia, helluō, lurcō, mandō, mandūcō, phagō, polyphagus
  2. consumer Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-comestor-la-noun-a~vXCdX9 Categories (other): Latin terms suffixed with -tor, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -tor: 40 28 33 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 39 24 37 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 30 36 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 36 27 37 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 35 27 38
  3. (Medieval Latin) hostage guaranteeing a debt Tags: Medieval-Latin, declension-3
    Sense id: en-comestor-la-noun-mUmLT6Zy Categories (other): Medieval Latin, Latin entries referencing ambiguous etymons, Latin entries with etymology texts, Latin entries with etymology trees, Latin entries with etymon, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin terms suffixed with -tor, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of Latin entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 33 8 59 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymology texts: 34 14 52 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymology trees: 34 14 52 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymon: 12 12 76 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 24 20 56 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -tor: 40 28 33 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 39 24 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 16 57 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 30 36 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 36 27 37 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 35 27 38
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: comedō 
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        },
        {
          "word": "mandūcō"
        },
        {
          "word": "phagō"
        },
        {
          "word": "polyphagus"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "consumer"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "consumer",
          "consumer"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Medieval Latin"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hostage guaranteeing a debt"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hostage",
          "hostage"
        ],
        [
          "guarantee",
          "guarantee"
        ],
        [
          "debt",
          "debt"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Medieval Latin) hostage guaranteeing a debt"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Medieval-Latin",
        "declension-3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "comestor"
}

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