fretum
English
Etymology
Noun
fretum (plural freta)
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to brew, boil”). Ultimately also related to ferveō, fretāle and dēfrutum[1].
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfre.tum/, [ˈfrɛ.tũ]
Noun
fretum n (genitive fretī); second declension
- strait, sound, estuary, channel.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero, Against Vatinius Ch. 5
- venerisne ad fretum per Mauretaniam?
- did you come to the strait via Mauritania?
- venerisne ad fretum per Mauretaniam?
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- the seas.
- turmoil
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | fretum | freta |
| genitive | fretī | fretōrum |
| dative | fretō | fretīs |
| accusative | fretum | freta |
| ablative | fretō | fretīs |
| vocative | fretum | freta |
References
- fretum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- fretum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- fretum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- fretum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- ↑ Pokorny, Julius (1959), “bh(e)rēi-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume I, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 132-133
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