abutor

Latin

Etymology

From ab- (“from, away from”) +‎ ūtor (“use, spend; manage, control”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈbuː.tor/, [äˈbuːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈbu.tor/, [äˈbuːt̪or]

Verb

abūtor (present infinitive abūtī, perfect active abūsus sum); third conjugation, deponent

1. to use up, exhaust, consume entirely

   Synonyms: hauriō, exhauriō, cōnsūmō, absūmō, accīdō, effundo, atterō, conterō, adedō, dēterō, terō, utor, eneco, perago

2. to waste, squander

   Synonyms: conterō, perdō, cōnsūmō, dissipō, effundō

3. to misuse, abuse; use improperly. (+ ablative)
   • Cicero, in Catilinam :

     quousque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra?

     When, O Catiline, do you mean to cease abusing our patience?

Conjugation

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	abūtor	abūteris, abūtere	abūtitur	abūtimur	abūtiminī	abūtuntur
	imperfect	abūtēbar	abūtēbāris, abūtēbāre	abūtēbātur	abūtēbāmur	abūtēbāminī	abūtēbantur
	future	abūtar	abūtēris, abūtēre	abūtētur	abūtēmur	abūtēminī	abūtentur
	perfect	abūsus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	abūsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	abūsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	abūtar	abūtāris, abūtāre	abūtātur	abūtāmur	abūtāminī	abūtantur
imperfect	abūterer	abūterēris, abūterēre	abūterētur	abūterēmur	abūterēminī	abūterentur
perfect	abūsus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect	abūsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	abūtere	—	—	abūtiminī	—
	future	—	abūtitor	abūtitor	—	—	abūtuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		abūtī	abūsum esse	abūsūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		abūtēns	abūsus	abūsūrus	—	—	abūtendus, abūtundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		abūtendī	abūtendō	abūtendum	abūtendō	abūsum	abūsū

   Conjugation of abūtor (third conjugation, deponent)

Derived terms

• abūsiō
• abūsīvē
• abūsus
• abūsīvus

Descendants

• → Albanian: abuzoj
• → Catalan: abús
• → English: abuse
• → Galician: abuso
• → Italian: abuso
• → Maltese: abbuż
• → Old French: abus
  • French: abus, abuser
  • Norman: abuser, abûther
  • → Middle English: abusen
    • English: abuse
    • Scots: abuise
• → Portuguese: abuso
• → Romanian: abuz
• → Spanish: abuso
  • → Hiligaynon: abuso
  • → Tagalog: abuso

References

• “abutor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “abutor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• abutor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Dizionario Latino, Olivetti