fateor Latin · revision 9949

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *bʰeh₂-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈfa.te.ɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈfaː.te.or]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''fateor''' (present infinitive fatērī or fatērier, perfect active fassus sum); second conjugation, deponent^(Wiktionary)

+ Horace has the archaic infinitive ''faterier''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*fat-ē-]], which de Vaan derives from [[ine-pro|*bʰh₂-to-|t=spoken]] and/or ⟨*-bʰh₂-t-⟩ “who speaks”, from the root of [[for|alt=fārī]] “to speak”.^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with Oscan ⟨fatíum⟩ “to speak” and [[grc|φάτις|tr=phátis|t=report]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan and the OLD have it from Plautus, “to admit”.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to accept as true, concede, admit, as in Cicero's ''sē peccāsse fatērī'' “to admit one's fault”; to say yes, assent; from Ovid to declare openly, profess; and in Livy to betray by one's behaviour, let appear.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means to admit, confess, avow, show.^(Stelten 1995) Its compounds [[cōnfiteor]] and [[profiteor]] are older in the texts.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of admitting.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero has ''sē peccāsse fatērī''.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid uses it of open profession.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|admit]], [[m|en|concede]], acknowledge.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To [[m|en|profess]], declare openly.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To assent.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To betray, let appear.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[cōnfiteor]]

+ * [[diffiteor]]

+ * [[inficior]]

+ * [[infiteor]]

+ * [[īnfitior]]

+ * [[profiteor]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[for]]

+ * [[fās]]

+ * [[fāma]]

+ * [[fābula]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}