frustratio

Latin

Etymology

From frūstrō (“deceive, trick”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /fruːsˈtraː.ti.oː/, [fruːs̠ˈt̪räːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /frusˈtrat.t͡si.o/, [frusˈt̪rät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

frūstrātiō f (genitive frūstrātiōnis); third declension

1. a deception, trick
2. disappointment, frustration
3. the act of delaying or keeping back

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	frūstrātiō	frūstrātiōnēs
Genitive	frūstrātiōnis	frūstrātiōnum
Dative	frūstrātiōnī	frūstrātiōnibus
Accusative	frūstrātiōnem	frūstrātiōnēs
Ablative	frūstrātiōne	frūstrātiōnibus
Vocative	frūstrātiō	frūstrātiōnēs

Descendants

• → Catalan: frustració
• → English: frustration
• → French: frustration
• → Hungarian: frusztráció
• → Italian: frustrazione
• → Polish: frustracja
• → Portuguese: frustração
• → Romanian: frustrație
• → Russian: фрустрация (frustracija)
• → Spanish: frustración

References

• “frustratio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “frustratio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• frustratio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.