fraus

Noun

fraus

1. plural of frau

Anagrams

• Raufs, fuars

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ- (“to deceive, mislead”). See also Sanskrit ध्रुति (dhruti), द्रुह्यति (druhyati, “to deceive”), English dwarf, dream.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /frau̯s/

Noun

fraus f (genitive fraudis); third declension

1. A cheating, deceit, guile, fraud.
2. A delusion, error.
3. bad or ill intent

References

• fraus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• fraus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fraus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• fraud in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume I, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 277