fretus
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Latin
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-Italic *frētos, from earlier *θrētos, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰr-eh₁-tos, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer-.
Adjective
[edit]frētus (feminine frēta, neuter frētum); first/second-declension adjective
- (with ablative or dative) trusting to, relying on, depending upon; supported by or leaning on something
- voce fretus ― relying on the rumor
- numero fretus ― relying on the number
- Datis, etsi non aequum locum videbat suis, tamen fretus numero copiarum suarum confligere cupiebat
- (The general) Datis, however not seeing a proper place for his troops, relying on the number of his armies longed to battle. (Cornelius Nepos, De Viris Illustribus, Miltiades, V.)
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | frētus | frēta | frētum | frētī | frētae | frēta | |
Genitive | frētī | frētae | frētī | frētōrum | frētārum | frētōrum | |
Dative | frētō | frētō | frētīs | ||||
Accusative | frētum | frētam | frētum | frētōs | frētās | frēta | |
Ablative | frētō | frētā | frētō | frētīs | |||
Vocative | frēte | frēta | frētum | frētī | frētae | frēta |
Etymology 2
[edit]From fretum (“strait, channel”).
Noun
[edit]fretus m (genitive fretūs); fourth declension
Declension
[edit]Fourth-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | fretus | fretūs |
Genitive | fretūs | fretuum |
Dative | fretuī | fretibus |
Accusative | fretum | fretūs |
Ablative | fretū | fretibus |
Vocative | fretus | fretūs |
References
[edit]- “fretus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “fretus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- fretus in Dizionario Latino, Olivetti
- fretus 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)
- fretus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰer-
- Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic
- Latin terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin lemmas
- Latin adjectives
- Latin first and second declension adjectives
- Latin terms with usage examples
- Latin nouns
- Latin fourth declension nouns
- Latin masculine nouns in the fourth declension
- Latin masculine nouns