Etymology
From argūmentum (“argument, evidence, proof”) + -ō.
Verb
argūmentor (present infinitive argūmentārī, perfect active argūmentātus sum); first conjugation, deponent
- to adduce arguments or proof of something, prove, reason
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.
57 BCE,
Cicero,
De domo sua 22:
- litterās in cōntiōne recitāstī quās tibi ā C. Caesare missās dīcerēs [...] cum etiam es argūmentātus amōris esse hoc signum, quod cognōminibus tantum ūteretur
- to adduce something as an argument or proof
- to make a conclusion, conclude
Conjugation
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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.