Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 738.frūctus on page 738
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frūctus fruit
frūctus is a Latin Noun that primarily means fruit.
Definitions for frūctus
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
Fruit, profit, benefit, enjoyment
English derivatives:
fructify fructose frugal
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
(abst.) The enjoyment or pleasurable possession (of something specified or implied). (b) (leg.) the right to enjoy the profits from something; esp. in phr. usus et~us, usus~us (sts. as one word), usufruct (see VSVS).
- 2
(concr.) Useful products of any kind arising naturally, produce (incl. the young of animals). (b) the amount produced, output, yield.
- 3
(esp. of vegetable produce, crops, etc.). (b) (spec.) the fruit of a plant (opp. to the flower, etc.)
Sentences with frūctus
Latin to English
Nam illī miserī nunc frūctūs pācis et multum lībertātis sine metū habent.Compare For those unfortunate men now have the fruits of peace and much liberty without fear.
Virī bonī cōpiā hōrum frūctuum numquam carēbunt.Compare Good men will never lack an abundance of these fruits.
Nam quis potest beātus esse sī aliī hominēs frūctibus pācis lībertātisque carent?Compare For who can be happy if other human beings lack the enjoyments of peace and liberty?
Terra hominēs frūctibus bonīs alit.Compare The earth nourishes human beings with good fruits.
Qui arbor consero, sub is lego alius fructus.Compare Another is gathering fruit under the tree which I planted.
Declension table for frūctus
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | frūctus | frūctūs |
| Gen. | frūctūs | frūctuum |
| Dat. | frūctuī | frūctibus |
| Acc. | frūctum | frūctūs |
| Abl. | frūctū | frūctibus |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 131.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 738.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 119-219.
Bibliography
Allen, Joseph H. Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges: Founded on Comparative Grammar. Edited by James B. Greenough, George L. Kittredge, Albert A. Howard, and Benjamin L. D'Ooge. Boston, MA: Ginn & Company, 1903.
Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. 6th ed. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing, 2008.
Delatte, Louis, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard. Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language]. Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège (L.A.S.L.A.), 1981.
Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.
Gildersleeve, Basil L., and Gonzales Lodge. Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar: Third Edition, Revised, and Enlarged. 3rd ed. London, England: Macmillan and Co., 1903.
Glare, Peter G.W. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Vols. 1-8. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1982.
Krüger, Bernd. "Latin Conjugation Tables." Cactus2000. Accessed May 5, 2023. https://latin.cactus2000.de/index.en.php.
Pierson, Nick. "Sound of Text." Accessed October 26, 2019. https://soundoftext.com.
Wheelock, Frederick M. Wheelock's Latin. 6th ed. Revised by Richard A. LaFleur. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005.
Wiktionary Contributors. "Victionarium." Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Updated March 18, 2019. https://la.wiktionary.org/wiki/Victionarium:Pagina_prima.
Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "frūctus, frūctūs (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/fructus-fructus.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 131.frūctus, frūctūs on page 131
