frustror Latin · revision 9519

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Ennius|origins=la frūstrā}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈfruːs.trɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈfrus.tror]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''frūstror''' (present infinitive frūstrārī, perfect active frūstrātus sum); first conjugation, deponent^(Wiktionary)

+ An active ''frūstrō'', ''-āre'' is also found.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[frūstrā]] “in vain” with the verb suffix [[-ō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Ennius, of deluding.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Ennius 204–169 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to deceive with false hopes, delude, trick, as in Ennius, Plautus' ''Amphitruo'', Terence and Cicero; to make vain, baffle, evade, frustrate efforts, as in Livy; and in the passive to fail in one's aim, be baffled, as in Sallust.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to annul, make void, deceive, frustrate.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of frustrating efforts.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To deceive, [[m|en|delude]], disappoint.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To baffle, evade, [[m|en|frustrate]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # (passive) To be baffled, fail.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[dēfrūstror]]

+ * [[frūstrāmen]]

+ * [[frūstrātiō]]

+ * [[frūstrātus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[frūstrā]]

+ * [[fallō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}