frustror

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfruːs.trɔr]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfrus.t̪ror]

Verb

frūstror (present infinitive frūstrārī, perfect active frūstrātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

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.
(please add an English translation of this usage example)
- 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita I.47:
  quid frustraris civitatem?
  why do you cheat the citizens?
to escape, elude
Synonyms: ēvādō, exeō, parcō, ēlūdō
to baffle, evade
to fail
to corrupt, falsify

Conjugation

Conjugation of frūstror (first conjugation, deponent)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	frūstror	frūstrāris, frūstrāre		frūstrātur	frūstrāmur	frūstrāminī		frūstrantur
	imperfect	frūstrābar	frūstrābāris, frūstrābāre		frūstrābātur	frūstrābāmur	frūstrābāminī		frūstrābantur
	future	frūstrābor	frūstrāberis, frūstrābere		frūstrābitur	frūstrābimur	frūstrābiminī		frūstrābuntur
	perfect	frūstrātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	frūstrātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	frūstrātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	frūstrer	frūstrēris, frūstrēre		frūstrētur	frūstrēmur	frūstrēminī		frūstrentur
	imperfect	frūstrārer	frūstrārēris, frūstrārēre		frūstrārētur	frūstrārēmur	frūstrārēminī		frūstrārentur
	perfect	frūstrātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	frūstrātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	frūstrāre		—	—	frūstrāminī		—
active	future	—	frūstrātor		frūstrātor	—	—		frūstrantor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		frūstrārī		—		frūstrāns		—
future		frūstrātūrum esse		—		frūstrātūrus		frūstrandus
perfect		frūstrātum esse		—		frūstrātus		—
future perfect		frūstrātum fore		—		—		—
perfect potential		frūstrātūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		frūstrandī	frūstrandō		frūstrandum	frūstrandō	frūstrātum		frūstrātū

Verb

frūstror

first-person singular present passive indicative of frūstrō

References

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