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Webster 1913 Edition
Susceptor
Sus-cep′tor
,Noun.
[L. See
Susceptible
.] One who undertakes anything; specifically, a godfather; a sponsor; a guardian.
Puller. Shipley.
Webster 1828 Edition
Susceptor
SUSCEP'TOR
,Noun.
Definition 2024
susceptor
susceptor
English
Noun
susceptor (plural susceptors)
- One who undertakes anything; specifically, a godfather; a sponsor; a guardian.
- 1641, John Evelyn, The Diary of John Evelyn, Vol. 1, Macmillian and Co. (1906), page 5
- I had given me the name of my grandfather, my mother's father, who, together with a sister of Sir Thomas Evelyn of Long-Ditton, and Mr. Comber, a near relation of my mother, were my susceptors.
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Latin
Noun
susceptor m (genitive susceptōris); third declension
- undertaker (person who undertakes to do something), contractor
- receiver or collector of taxes
Inflection
Third declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | susceptor | susceptōrēs |
genitive | susceptōris | susceptōrum |
dative | susceptōrī | susceptōribus |
accusative | susceptōrem | susceptōrēs |
ablative | susceptōre | susceptōribus |
vocative | susceptor | susceptōrēs |
References
- susceptor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “susceptor”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- susceptor in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016