adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
cōnfragōsus
cōnfragōsus (feminine cōnfragōsa, neuter cōnfragōsum)
Classical[kõː.fraˈɡoː.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[koɱ.fraˈɡɔː.s̬us]
Meaning
- adjectivebroken, rough, uneven
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | cōnfragōsus | cōnfragōsa | cōnfragōsum |
| genitive | cōnfragōsī | cōnfragōsae | cōnfragōsī |
| dative | cōnfragōsō | cōnfragōsae | cōnfragōsō |
| accusative | cōnfragōsum | cōnfragōsam | cōnfragōsum |
| ablative | cōnfragōsō | cōnfragōsā | cōnfragōsō |
| vocative | cōnfragōse | cōnfragōsa | cōnfragōsum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | cōnfragōsī | cōnfragōsae | cōnfragōsa |
| genitive | cōnfragōsōrum | cōnfragōsārum | cōnfragōsōrum |
| dative | cōnfragōsīs | cōnfragōsīs | cōnfragōsīs |
| accusative | cōnfragōsōs | cōnfragōsās | cōnfragōsa |
| ablative | cōnfragōsīs | cōnfragōsīs | cōnfragōsīs |
| vocative | cōnfragōsī | cōnfragōsae | cōnfragōsa |
con-frăgōsus, a, um,
I. adj., broken, rough, uneven (in good prose; cf. confragus; not in Cic.).
I. Prop.:
ager, Varr. R. R. 1, 18, 4: fundus, id. ib. 1, 20, 5: locus lapidibus, Col. 2, 2, 8; cf. id. 6, 17, 2; and Liv. 28, 2, 1; 32, 4, 4: via (together with ardua et aspera), id. 44, 3, 3; cf. Sen. Ep. 84, 13: angustiae, Liv. 38, 41, 5; 5, 26, 5.— Hence, subst.: confrăgōsum, i, n., a rough place or region: fortior miles ex confragoso venit, Sen. Ep. 51, 10: castra inter confragosa omnia locat, Liv. 21, 32, 9; 5, 26, 5.—Trop.: e confragosis atque asperis evecti, Quint. 6, 1, 52.—II. Trop. (several times in Plaut. and in Quint. like fragosus;
elsewhere rare): condiciones, hard, difficult, Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 25; id. Cist. 2, 3, 70; with velut, Quint. 8, 5, 29: nomina quaedam versusque, id. 1, 1, 37: argumenta (together with horrida), id. 5, 8, 1.—* Comp., Mall. Theod. Metr. 7.—No sup.—Hence, adv.: confrăgōsē, roughly, unevenly, Mar. Vict. p. 2550.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
cōn - fragōsus adj.,
broken, rough, uneven: loca, L.: viae, L.—Plur n. as subst: inter confragosa (sc. loca), L.
Origins
From con- + fragōsus (“crashing, rough, uneven”), from frangō (“to break”).