fateor

== 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 (phătós)) or Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂-t- (“who speaks”). Related to Latin for (“to speak, to say”), Latin fātum (“fate”), Latin fāma (“fame, reputation”), Ancient Greek φήμη (phḗmē, “talk”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfa.te.ɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfaː.te.or] === Verb === fateor (present infinitive fatērī or fatērier, perfect active fassus sum); second conjugation, deponent to confess, admit Synonym: profiteor to acknowledge, own Synonym: agnōscō to show, indicate Synonyms: praebeō, ostendō, ostentō, prōdō, indicō, expōnō, prōpōnō, prōferō, prōtrahō, acclārō, profiteor, vulgō, gerō, coarguō, praestō ==== Conjugation ==== 1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested. ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === 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[1], London: Macmillan and Co.