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argumentor

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argumentor

  1. future infinitive of argumentar

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Etymology

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From argūmentum (argument, evidence, proof) +‎ .

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argūmentor (present infinitive argūmentārī, perfect active argūmentātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

  1. to adduce arguments or proof of something, prove, reason
    • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 39.36.16:
      nec jūre an injūria caesī sint, argūmentārī rēfert.
    • c. 35 CE – 100 CE, Quintilian, Institutio oratioria 5.12.8:
      in rēbus vērō apertīs argūmentārī tam sit stultum quam in clārissimum sōlem mortāle lūmen īnferre.
    • 4th century CE, Zeno of Verona, Tractatus 2.3.12:
      nōlī esse sapiēns multum et nōlī argūmentārī plūs quam oporteat.
    • 57 BCE, Cicero, De domo sua 22:
      litterās in cōntiōne recitāstī quās tibi ā C. Caesare missās dīcerēs [...] cum etiam es argūmentātus amōris esse hoc signum, quod cognōminibus tantum ūterētur
  2. to adduce something as an argument or proof
  3. to make a conclusion, conclude

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References

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  • argumentor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • argumentor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • argumentor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.