fateor

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word fateor. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word fateor, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say fateor in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word fateor you have here. The definition of the word fateor will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition offateor, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *fatēōr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to speak”); the stem fat- seemingly comes from Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂-tó-s (“spoken”) (cognate with Ancient Greek φᾰτός (phatós)) or Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂-t- (“who speaks”).[1] Related to Latin for (“I speak, I say”), Latin fātum (“fate”), Latin fāma (“fame, reputation”), Ancient Greek φήμη (phḗmē, “talk”).

Pronunciation

Verb

fateor (present infinitive fatērī or fatērier, perfect active fassus sum); second conjugation, deponent

  1. to confess, admit
    Synonym: profiteor
  2. to acknowledge, own
    Synonym: agnōscō
  3. to show, indicate
    Synonyms: praebeō, ostendō, ostentō, prōdō, indicō, expōnō, prōpōnō, prōferō, prōtrahō, acclārō, profiteor, vulgō, gerō, coarguō, praestō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of fateor (second conjugation, deponent)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present fateor fatēris,
fatēre 		fatētur fatēmur fatēminī fatentur
imperfect fatēbar fatēbāris,
fatēbāre 		fatēbātur fatēbāmur fatēbāminī fatēbantur
future fatēbor fatēberis,
fatēbere 		fatēbitur fatēbimur fatēbiminī fatēbuntur
perfect fassus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect fassus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect fassus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present fatear fateāris,
fateāre 		fateātur fateāmur fateāminī fateantur
imperfect fatērer fatērēris,
fatērēre 		fatērētur fatērēmur fatērēminī fatērentur
perfect fassus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect fassus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — fatēre — — fatēminī —
future — fatētor fatētor — — fatentor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives fatērī,
fatērier1 		fassum esse fassūrum esse — — —
participles fatēns fassus fassūrus — — fatendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
fatendī fatendō fatendum fatendō fassum fassū

1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “fateor”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 204

Further reading

  • “fateor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “fateor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • fateor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • I admit it, say on: audio, fateor
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia