frustror

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfruːs.tror/, [ˈfruːs̠t̪rɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfrus.tror/, [ˈfrust̪ror]

Verb

frūstror (present infinitive frūstrārī, perfect active frūstratus 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

   • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita I.47:

     quid frustraris civitatem?

     why do you cheat the citizens?

2. to escape, elude

   Synonyms: ēvādō, exeō, parcō, ēlūdō

3. to baffle, evade
4. to fail
5. to corrupt, falsify

Conjugation

Conjugation of frūstror (first conjugation, deponent)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	frūstror	frūstrāris, frūstrāre	frūstrātur	frūstrāmur	frūstrāminī	frūstrantur
	imperfect	frūstrābar	frūstrābāris, frūstrābāre	frūstrābātur	frūstrābāmur	frūstrābāminī	frūstrābantur
	future	frūstrābor	frūstrāberis, frūstrābere	frūstrābitur	frūstrābimur	frūstrābiminī	frūstrābuntur
	perfect	frūstrātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	frūstrātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	frūstrātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	frūstrer	frūstrēris, frūstrēre	frūstrētur	frūstrēmur	frūstrēminī	frūstrentur
	imperfect	frūstrārer	frūstrārēris, frūstrārēre	frūstrārētur	frūstrārēmur	frūstrārēminī	frūstrārentur
	perfect	frūstrātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	frūstrātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	frūstrāre	—	—	frūstrāminī	—
	future	—	frūstrātor	frūstrātor	—	—	frūstrantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		frūstrārī	frūstrātum esse	frūstrātūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		frūstrāns	frūstrātus	frūstrātūrus	—	—	frūstrandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		frūstrandī	frūstrandō	frūstrandum	frūstrandō	frūstrātum	frūstrātū

Verb

frūstror

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of frūstrō

References

• frustror in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), 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