fraudo
Dictionary entries
- Entry →fraudo, fraudare, fraudavi, fraudatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
cheat/defraud/swindle; deprive deceitfully; baffle, make ineffectual; dishonor;; embezzle, take (money) dishonestly, steal; violate; evade/trick intent of law;
sg. pres. act. ind. 1st
Examples
Aeneid IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...puer Ascanius capitisque iniuria cari, quem regno Hesperiae fraudo et fatalibus arvis. nunc etiam interpres divum Iove missus..."Metamorphoses VII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...priscis cultoribus agros, Myrmidonasque voco nec origine nomina fraudo. corpora vidisti; mores, quos ante gerebant, nunc quoque habent..."