fraudulentus

Latin

Etymology

From fraus (“fraud, deceit”) +‎ -ulentus (“full of, abounding in”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /frau̯.duˈlen.tus/, [fräu̯d̪ʊˈɫ̪ɛn̪t̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /frau̯.duˈlen.tus/, [fräu̯d̪uˈlɛn̪t̪us]

Adjective

fraudulentus (feminine fraudulenta, neuter fraudulentum, adverb fraudulenter); first/second-declension adjective

1. deceitful, fraudulent
   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs.12.17:

     Quī quod nōvit loquitur, index iūstitiae est: quī autem mentītur testis est fraudulentus.

     He that speaketh that which he knoweth, sheweth forth justice: but he that lieth, is a deceitful witness. (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.: 1752 CE)

2. dishonest, false

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fraudulentus	fraudulenta	fraudulentum		fraudulentī	fraudulentae	fraudulenta
genitive	fraudulentī	fraudulentae	fraudulentī		fraudulentōrum	fraudulentārum	fraudulentōrum
dative	fraudulentō	fraudulentae	fraudulentō		fraudulentīs
accusative	fraudulentum	fraudulentam	fraudulentum		fraudulentōs	fraudulentās	fraudulenta
ablative	fraudulentō	fraudulentā	fraudulentō		fraudulentīs
vocative	fraudulente	fraudulenta	fraudulentum		fraudulentī	fraudulentae	fraudulenta

Derived terms

• fraudulenter
• fraudulentia

Descendants

• Catalan: fraudulent
• Galician: fraudulento
• Italian: fraudolento
• Portuguese: fraudulento
• Spanish: fraudulento

References

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