fraudo

From Esperanto fraŭdo, ultimately from Latin fraus, fraudis.

fraudo (plural fraudi)

1. fraud

From fraus (“deceit, fraud”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfrau̯.doː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfraːu̯.d̪o]

fraudō (present infinitive fraudāre, perfect active fraudāvī, supine fraudātum); first conjugation

1. to cheat, defraud, swindle

   Synonyms: dēcipiō, mentior, frūstror, dēstituō, fallō, ēlūdō, circumdūcō, circumveniō, ingannō, indūcō

2. to deprive of

   Synonyms: prīvō, dēstringō, tondeō, nūdō, dēturbō, adimō

3. to embezzle a thing from a person, purloin, steal

   Synonyms: āvertō, adimō, auferō, tollō, agō, ēripiō, dīripiō, abdūcō, rapiō, āmoveō, corripiō

¹At least one use of the Old Latin "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").

• fraudātor

• Italian: frodare, → fraudare (learned)

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

• Hyphenation: frau‧do
• Rhymes: -awdu

fraudo

1. first-person singular present indicative of fraudar