osor

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈoː.sor/, [ˈoːs̠ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈo.sor/, [ˈɔːs̬or]

Noun

ōsor m (genitive ōsōris); third declension

1. hater, one who hates
   • c. 209 BCE, Plautus, Asinaria 5.2.858–859:

     At nunc dehinc scītō illum ante omnēs minimī mortālem pretī, / madidum, nihilī, incontinentem atque ōsōrem uxōris suae.

     But now henceforth know that he, before all, is a mortal of the least worth, / drunken, of no value, incontinent and a hater of his wife.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	ōsor	ōsōrēs
genitive	ōsōris	ōsōrum
dative	ōsōrī	ōsōribus
accusative	ōsōrem	ōsōrēs
ablative	ōsōre	ōsōribus
vocative	ōsor	ōsōrēs

References

• “osor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• osor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.