frustror

frustror

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From frūstrā + -or.

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    frūstror (present infinitive frūstrārī, perfect active frūstrātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

    1. to disappoint, frustrate, defraud, cheat, deceive with false hopes
      Synonyms: dēcipiō, mentior, ēlūdō, dēstituō, fallō, fraudō, circumdūcō, circumveniō, ingannō, indūcō
      Nesciō quis praestīgiātor hanc frūstrātur mulierem.
      I do not know what trickster is deceiving this woman.
    2. to escape, elude
      Synonyms: ēvādō, exeō, parcō, ēlūdō
    3. to baffle, evade
    4. to fail
    5. to corrupt, falsify

    Conjugation

    Derived terms

    Verb

    frūstror

    1. first-person singular present passive indicative of frūstrō

    References

    • frustror in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2026), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
    • frustror”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • frustror”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • frustror”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • (ambiguous) hope has played me false: spes me frustratur