fateor

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Latin

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Etymology

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    From Proto-Italic *fatēōr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (to speak); the stem fat- seemingly comes from Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂-tó-s (spoken) (cognate with Ancient Greek φᾰτός (phatós)) or Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂-t- (who speaks).[1] Related to Latin for (I speak, I say), Latin fātum (fate), Latin fāma (fame, reputation), Ancient Greek φήμη (phḗmē, talk).

    Pronunciation

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    Verb

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

    1. to confess, admit
      Synonym: profiteor
      • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.20:
        “Anna, fatēbor enim, [...].”
        “Anna — yes, I will admit [it] — [...].”
    2. to acknowledge, own
      Synonym: agnōscō
    3. to show, indicate
      Synonyms: praebeō, ostendō, ostentō, prōdō, indicō, expōnō, prōpōnō, prōferō, prōtrahō, acclārō, profiteor, vulgō, gerō, coarguō, praestō

    Conjugation

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       Conjugation of fateor (second conjugation, deponent)
    indicative singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present fateor fatēris,
    fatēre
    fatētur fatēmur fatēminī fatentur
    imperfect fatēbar fatēbāris,
    fatēbāre
    fatēbātur fatēbāmur fatēbāminī fatēbantur
    future fatēbor fatēberis,
    fatēbere
    fatēbitur fatēbimur fatēbiminī fatēbuntur
    perfect fassus + present active indicative of sum
    pluperfect fassus + imperfect active indicative of sum
    future perfect fassus + future active indicative of sum
    subjunctive singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present fatear fateāris,
    fateāre
    fateātur fateāmur fateāminī fateantur
    imperfect fatērer fatērēris,
    fatērēre
    fatērētur fatērēmur fatērēminī fatērentur
    perfect fassus + present active subjunctive of sum
    pluperfect fassus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
    imperative singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present fatēre fatēminī
    future fatētor fatētor fatentor
    non-finite forms active passive
    present perfect future present perfect future
    infinitives fatērī,
    fatērier1
    fassum esse fassūrum esse
    participles fatēns fassus fassūrus fatendus
    verbal nouns gerund supine
    genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
    fatendī fatendō fatendum fatendō fassum fassū

    1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.

    Derived terms

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    References

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    1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “fateor”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 204

    Further reading

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    • fateor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • fateor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • fateor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • I admit it, say on: audio, fateor