adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
frāctus
frāctus (feminine frācta, neuter frāctum, comparative frāctior, superlative frāctissimus)
Classical[ˈfraːk.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈfrak.tus]
Meaning
- adjectiveharsh, sour
- adjectivetired, exhausted
- adjectivelanguid, soft, cutesy
- adjectivedestroyed, demolished, unheartened
- adjectivefeeble, weak
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | frāctus | frācta | frāctum |
| genitive | frāctī | frāctae | frāctī |
| dative | frāctō | frāctae | frāctō |
| accusative | frāctum | frāctam | frāctum |
| ablative | frāctō | frāctā | frāctō |
| vocative | frācte | frācta | frāctum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | frāctī | frāctae | frācta |
| genitive | frāctōrum | frāctārum | frāctōrum |
| dative | frāctīs | frāctīs | frāctīs |
| accusative | frāctōs | frāctās | frācta |
| ablative | frāctīs | frāctīs | frāctīs |
| vocative | frāctī | frāctae | frācta |
fractus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from frango.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
frāctus adj. with comp.
P. of frango, interrupted, irregular : murmur, Ta.—Fig., weakened, weak, feeble, faint : spes amplificandae fortunae fractior: vox, Ta.
Origins
Perfect passive participle of frangō (“break, fragment”).
Descendants
- Italianfranto
- Italianfratto
- Romanianfrânt
- Aromanianfrãmtu
- Friulianfrant
- Galicianfreita
- Galicianafreitas
- Ladinfrant
- Old Frenchfrait
- Old Frenchfret