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frustror

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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.
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  2. to escape, elude
    Synonyms: ēvādō, exeō, parcō, ēlūdō
  3. to baffle, evade
  4. to fail
  5. to corrupt, falsify

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Verb

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frūstror

  1. first-person singular present passive indicative of frūstrō

References

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  • frustror in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), 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