frutex
English
Noun
frutex (plural frutexes or frutices)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for frutex in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Latin
Etymology
Of uncertain origin;[1] proposed derivations include:
- From a root common to Ancient Greek βρύω (brúō, “to swell”) and Proto-Germanic *krūdą (“plant, herb”).
- From Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewd-. Cognates include Old English brēotan (“to break”), Old Irish broth (“awn”) and maybe Lithuanian brùzgas (“bush, shrub”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfru.teks/, [ˈfrʊ.tɛks]
Noun
frutex m (genitive fruticis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | frutex | fruticēs |
| Genitive | fruticis | fruticum |
| Dative | fruticī | fruticibus |
| Accusative | fruticem | fruticēs |
| Ablative | frutice | fruticibus |
| Vocative | frutex | fruticēs |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Portuguese: frútice
References
- Walde, Alois; Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938), “frutex”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 1, 3rd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 554
- frutex in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- frutex in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- frutex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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