emptor

== English == === Etymology === From Latin ēmptor. === Noun === emptor (plural emptors) (law) Buyer. ==== Related terms ==== caveat emptor === Anagrams === pro tem, pro tem., trompe == Latin == === Alternative forms === ēmtor === Etymology === From the supine theme of emō (“to buy”) +‎ -tor (agent noun suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈeːmp.tɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛmp.tor] === Noun === ēmptor m (genitive ēmptōris); third declension buyer, purchaser Caveat emptor Let the buyer beware ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== 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, 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.