argumentor
Latin
Etymology
From argūmentum (“argument, evidence, proof”) + -ō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ar.ɡuːˈmen.tor/, [ärɡuːˈmɛn̪t̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ar.ɡuˈmen.tor/, [ärɡuˈmɛn̪t̪or]
Verb
argūmentor (present infinitive argūmentārī, perfect active argūmentātus sum); first conjugation, deponent
- to adduce arguments or proof of something, prove, reason
- 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 39.36.16:
- nec jūre an injūria caesī sint, argūmentārī rēfert.
- c. 35 CE – 100 CE, Quintilian, Institutio oratioria 5.12.8:
- in rēbus vērō apertīs argūmentārī tam sit stultum quam in clārissimum sōlem mortāle lūmen īnferre.
- 4th century CE, Zeno of Verona, Tractatus 2.3.12:
- nōlī esse sapiēns multum et nōlī argūmentārī plūs quam oporteat.
- to adduce something as an argument or proof
- to make a conclusion, conclude
Conjugation
Derived terms
Related terms
- arguō
- argūmentum
- argūmentābilis
- argūmentālis
- argūmentāliter
- argūmentātrīx
- argūmentōsus
Descendants
- Catalan: argumentar
- Galician: argumentar
- Italian: argomentare
- Portuguese: argumentar
- Spanish: argumentar
References
- “argumentor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “argumentor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- argumentor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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