masturbor

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain. Traditionally suggested to be a compound of manus (“hand”) + turbāre (“to unsettle, throw into disorder”), or a deformed compound of manus (“hand”) + stuprāre (“to defile (the self)”), from stuprum, with influence from turbāre. In that case the vowel a would be expected to be long and nasalized, via /mans.t-/, as in mōnstrum. Some suggest the first part to be an unattested meaning of mās (“the male”) as “penis” (see de Vaan).

Watkins has traced the root to a Proto-Indo-European *mostr̥gʰ-, extended and metathesised from *mosgʰos (“marrow”), also found in Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬯𐬙𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬔𐬀𐬥 (mastər^əgan, “brains”) and Tocharian B mrestīwe (“marrow”). The semantic relationship is due to the widely attested belief that semen descends from the brain through the bones and is the same substance as brain matter and bone marrow; compare “the symbolic autofellatio of Finn mac Cumaill's gnawing his thumb to the marrow” and the obsolete meaning of marrow (“semen”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /masˈtur.bor/, [mäs̠ˈt̪ʊrbɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /masˈtur.bor/, [mäsˈt̪urbor]

Verb

masturbor (present infinitive masturbārī, perfect active masturbātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

1. to masturbate

Conjugation

Conjugation of masturbor (first conjugation, deponent)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	masturbor	masturbāris, masturbāre	masturbātur	masturbāmur	masturbāminī	masturbantur
	imperfect	masturbābar	masturbābāris, masturbābāre	masturbābātur	masturbābāmur	masturbābāminī	masturbābantur
	future	masturbābor	masturbāberis, masturbābere	masturbābitur	masturbābimur	masturbābiminī	masturbābuntur
	perfect	masturbātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	masturbātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	masturbātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	masturber	masturbēris, masturbēre	masturbētur	masturbēmur	masturbēminī	masturbentur
	imperfect	masturbārer	masturbārēris, masturbārēre	masturbārētur	masturbārēmur	masturbārēminī	masturbārentur
	perfect	masturbātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	masturbātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	masturbāre	—	—	masturbāminī	—
	future	—	masturbātor	masturbātor	—	—	masturbantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		masturbārī	masturbātum esse	masturbātūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		masturbāns	masturbātus	masturbātūrus	—	—	masturbandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		masturbandī	masturbandō	masturbandum	masturbandō	masturbātum	masturbātū

Derived terms

• masturbātiō
• masturbātor

References

• “masturbor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• MASTURBARE in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• masturbor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 953/2.
• “masturbor” on page 1,082/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “masturbate”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
• Watkins, Calvert (1995) How to Kill a Dragon: Aspects of Indo-European Poetics, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 535
• masturbo in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “mās, maris”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN