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 (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
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.20:
      “Anna, fatēbor enim, [...].”
      “Anna — yes, I will admit [it] — [...].”
  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
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