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|lshtext=<b>frustror</b>: ātus, 1,<br /><b>I</b> v. dep.; also: fru-stro, āre, 1, v. a. [[frustra]], to [[deceive]], [[disappoint]], [[trick]], [[frustrate]] (syn.: [[decipio]], [[deludo]], [[fraudo]], [[fallo]], etc.).<br /><b>I</b> Lit. ([[class]].).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In the dep. form: [[nescio]] [[quis]] [[praestigiator]] hanc frustratur mulierem, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 200: aut certare cum aliis [[pugnaciter]] aut frustrari cum alios, tum [[etiam]] me ipsum velim, Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 65: ne frustretur [[ipse]] se, Ter. Eun. prol. 14: se ipsum, Nep. Hann. 2, 6: o [[bone]], ne te Frustrere; insanis et tu, Hor. S. 2, 3, 32: Tarquinios spe auxilii, Liv. 2, 15, 5: Cloelia frustrata custodes, id. 2, 13, 6: [[saepe]] jam me [[spes]] frustrata est, Ter. And. 2, 2, 37; Lentul. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 14, 1; cf.: sat [[adhuc]] tua nos frustrata est [[fides]], Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 11: exspectationem frustrari et differre, Plin. Ep. 2, 10, 2: improbas [[spes]] hominum, id. ib. 8, 18, 3: spem mercantium (opp. explere), Suet. Aug. 75: [[frustratus]] vincula, i. e. escaped from [[them]], Sol. 1.— Poet.: o [[numquam]] frustrata [[vocatus]] [[hasta]] meos, hast [[never]] deceived me invoking thee, Verg. A. 12, 95; cf. Stat. S. 1, 2, 62: [[inceptus]] [[clamor]] frustratur hiantes, deceives, i. e. [[dies]] [[away]] from [[their]] lips, Verg. A. 6, 493.— Absol.: [[Cocceius]] vide ne frustretur, Cic. Att. 12, 18, 3; Lucr. 4, 571.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In the [[act]]. form: non frustrabo vos, milites, Caes. Fragm. ap. [[Diomed]]. p. 395 P.: [[atque]] i se [[quom]] frustrant, frustrari alios stolidi existumant, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 19; Liv. 7, 38, 9; cf.: qui ventrem frustrarunt suum, Pompon. ap. Non. 473, 18: frustrantia dona, [[fruitless]], [[bootless]], Prud. Apoth. 640. —Pass.: frustramur, irridemur, Laber. ap. Prisc. p. 793 P.: ignavissimi quique tenuissima spe frustrantur, Sall. Or. Licin. med.; so, [[frustratus]] spe continuandi [[consulatus]], Vell. 2, 21, 2; for [[which]]: [[frustratus]] a spe, Fenest. ap. Prisc. p. 793 P.: variis dilationibus [[frustratus]], Just. 8, 3, 9.—With gen.: captionis versutae et excogitatae [[frustratus]], Gell. 5, 10, 16.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., to [[make]] [[vain]], of no [[effect]], or [[useless]] ([[post]]-Aug. and [[very]] [[rare]]): imprudenter facta [[opera]] frustrantur impensas, Col. 1, 1, 2; cf. laborem, id. praef. § 22: in se implicati arborum rami [[lento]] vimine frustrabantur [[ictus]], Curt. 6, 5, 8.

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