abutor

Latin

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó

Proto-Italic *ap

Latin abder.

Latin ab-

Proto-Indo-European *h₃eyt-der.?

Proto-Italic *oitōr

Latin ūtor

Latin abūtor

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

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

to use up, exhaust, consume entirely
Synonyms: hauriō, exhauriō, cōnsūmō, absūmō, accīdō, effundo, atterō, conterō, adedō, dēterō, terō, utor, eneco, perago
to waste, squander
Synonyms: conterō, perdō, cōnsūmō, dissipō, effundō
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 Minor, 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 of abūtor (third conjugation, deponent)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		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
subjunctive		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
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	abūtere		—	—	abūtiminī		—
active	future	—	abūtitor		abūtitor	—	—		abūtuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		abūtī		—		abūtēns		—
future		abūsūrum esse		—		abūsūrus		abūtendus, abūtundus
perfect		abūsum esse		—		abūsus		—
future perfect		abūsum fore		—		—		—
perfect potential		abūsūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		abūtendī	abūtendō		abūtendum	abūtendō	abūsum		abūsū

“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