abutor

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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?
    • c. 4 BCE – 65 CE, Seneca the Younger, Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium 47.5:
      Alia interim crūdēlia, inhūmāna praetereō, quod nē tamquam hominibus quidem, sed tamquam iūmentīs abūtimur.
      Meanwhile, other cruel, inhuman [treatments of slaves] I omit, because not even as [would be appropriate] for humans, but as [if they were] beasts of burden we abuse [them].

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Albanian: abuzoj
  • Catalan: abús
  • English: abuse
  • Galician: abuso
  • Italian: abuso
  • Maltese: abbuż
  • Old French: abus
  • Portuguese: abuso
  • Romanian: abuz
  • Spanish: 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