masturbor

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain. Traditionally suggested to be a compound of manus (“hand”) + turbāre (“to unsettle, throw into disorder”), or a deformed compound of manus (“hand”) + stuprāre (“to defile (the self)”), from stuprum, with influence from turbāre. In that case the vowel a would be expected to be long and nasalized, via /mans.t-/, as in mōnstrum. Some suggest the first part to be an unattested meaning of mās (“the male”) as “penis” (see de Vaan).

Watkins has traced the root to a Proto-Indo-European *mostr̥gʰ-, extended and metathesised from *mosgʰos (“marrow”), also found in Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬯𐬙𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬔𐬀𐬥 (mastər^əgan, “brains”) and Tocharian B mrestīwe (“marrow”). The semantic relationship is due to the widely attested belief that semen descends from the brain through the bones and is the same substance as brain matter and bone marrow; compare “the symbolic autofellatio of Finn mac Cumaill's gnawing his thumb to the marrow” and the obsolete meaning of marrow (“semen”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /masˈtur.bor/, [mäs̠ˈt̪ʊrbɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /masˈtur.bor/, [mäsˈt̪urbor]

Verb

masturbor (present infinitive masturbārī, perfect active masturbātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

1. to masturbate

Conjugation

   Conjugation of masturbor (first conjugation, deponent)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	masturbor		masturbāris, masturbāre		masturbātur		masturbāmur		masturbāminī		masturbantur
	imperfect	masturbābar		masturbābāris, masturbābāre		masturbābātur		masturbābāmur		masturbābāminī		masturbābantur
	future	masturbābor		masturbāberis, masturbābere		masturbābitur		masturbābimur		masturbābiminī		masturbābuntur
	perfect	masturbātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	masturbātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	masturbātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	masturber		masturbēris, masturbēre		masturbētur		masturbēmur		masturbēminī		masturbentur
	imperfect	masturbārer		masturbārēris, masturbārēre		masturbārētur		masturbārēmur		masturbārēminī		masturbārentur
	perfect	masturbātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	masturbātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		masturbāre		—		—		masturbāminī		—
	future	—		masturbātor		masturbātor		—		—		masturbantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		masturbārī			—			masturbāns			—
future		masturbātūrum esse			—			masturbātūrus			masturbandus
perfect		masturbātum esse			—			masturbātus			—
future perfect		masturbātum fore			—			—			—
perfect potential		masturbātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		masturbandī		masturbandō		masturbandum		masturbandō		masturbātum		masturbātū

Derived terms

• masturbātiō
• masturbātor

References

• “masturbor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "MASTURBARE", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• masturbor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 953/2.
• “masturbor” on page 1,082/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “masturbate”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
• Watkins, Calvert (1995) How to Kill a Dragon: Aspects of Indo-European Poetics, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 535
• masturbo in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “mās, maris”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN