fretus
Latin
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-European *dʰer-.
Adjective
frētus (feminine frēta, neuter frētum); first/second declension
- (with ablative) trusting to, relying on, depending upon; supported by or leaning on something- in a good or bad sense
- 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.)
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | frētus | frēta | frētum | frētī | frētae | frēta | |
| Genitive | frētī | frētae | frētī | frētōrum | frētārum | frētōrum | |
| Dative | frētō | frētae | frētō | frētīs | frētīs | frētīs | |
| Accusative | frētum | frētam | frētum | frētōs | frētās | frēta | |
| Ablative | frētō | frētā | frētō | frētīs | frētīs | frētīs | |
| Vocative | frēte | frēta | frētum | frētī | frētae | frēta | |
Etymology 2
From fretum (“strait, channel”)
Inflection
Fourth declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | fretus | fretūs |
| Genitive | fretūs | fretuum |
| Dative | fretuī | fretibus |
| Accusative | fretum | fretūs |
| Ablative | fretū | fretibus |
| Vocative | fretus | fretūs |
References
- 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 Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- fretus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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