LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

fracēs

fracēs f pl (genitive fracum)

Meaning

  1. oil cake: grounds, solid waste coming from the pressing of olives; the lees, dregs of oil
    Coordinate term: amurca

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominative—fracēs
genitive—fracum
dative—fracibus
accusative—fracēs
ablative—fracibus
vocative—fracēs

frăces, um (sing. form FRAX;
I. v. the foll.), m. kindr. with FRAG, frango; cf. fragosus; lit., broken bits, fragments; hence, grounds or dregs of oil: FRAX τρυγία γάρου; fraces ἐλαίου τρυγία· ὑπόστασις ἐλαίου; fracere ἐξίστασθαι; fracidus ὑπέρωρος, Gloss. Philox.: oleum quam diutissime in amurca et in fracibus erit, tam deterrimum erit, Cato, R. R. 64 fin.; 66 fin.; Col. 6, 13, 3; Plin. 15, 6, 6, § 21 sq. al.; Vitr. 7, 1; Grat. Cyneg. 474.

Origins

From Proto-Italic *frakēs, possibly from earlier form *θrakēs, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrā́ks (“dregs, sediment”), likely of non-Indo-European origin.

Quick answers

What does fracēs mean in Latin?
fracēs, a noun, means “oil cake: grounds, solid waste coming from the pressing of olives; the lees, dregs of oil”.
What is the genitive of fracēs?
The genitive singular is fracum. fracēs is feminine, third declension.