adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
frētus1
frētus (feminine frēta, neuter frētum)
Meaning
- adjectivetrusting to, relying on, depending upon; supported by or leaning on something
voce fretus
relying on the rumornumero fretus
relying on the number
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
cōnfīdēns (cum ablātīvō)frētus -a -um — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 14
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Confisus · Fretus
Confisus means, subjectively, like securus, depending on something, and making one’s self easy, πεποιθῶς; whereas fretus (φρακτός, ferox) means, objectively, like tutus, protected by something, ἐῤῥωμένος. (i. 20.)
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | frētus | frēta | frētum |
| genitive | frētī | frētae | frētī |
| dative | frētō | frētae | frētō |
| accusative | frētum | frētam | frētum |
| ablative | frētō | frētā | frētō |
| vocative | frēte | frēta | frētum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | frētī | frētae | frēta |
| genitive | frētōrum | frētārum | frētōrum |
| dative | frētīs | frētīs | frētīs |
| accusative | frētōs | frētās | frēta |
| ablative | frētīs | frētīs | frētīs |
| vocative | frētī | frētae | frēta |
frētus, a, um, adj. root dhar-, Sanscr. dhar-ā-mi, hold, support; v. frēnum,
I. leaning or supported on something, in a good or bad sense; relying or depending upon, trusting to; daring (class.; cf.: fultus, nixus).—Constr. with abl., rarely with dat., with inf. (poet.), and with object-clause.
(a). With abl.: omnes mortales dis sunt freti, Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 38 sq.:
magnanimi viri freti virtute et viribus, id. Am. 1, 1, 56: ingenio ejus, id. Capt. 2, 2, 100: dote, id. Men. 5, 2, 17: vobis, Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 33: vobis fretus, Cic. Planc. 42, 103: fretus intellegentiā vestrā, id. N. D. 1, 19, 49: fretus conscientiā officii mei, id. Fam. 3, 7, 6: gratiā Bruti, id. Att. 5, 21, 12: ingenio, id. de Or. 2, 24, 103: juventā, Verg. A. 5, 430 al.: amicitiis, Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 7, 25: pondere enim fretae (res) stant, Lucr. 6, 1058: ferro et animis, Liv. 9, 40, 4: malitiā suā, Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 43: multitudine solā, Liv. 9, 35, 3.—(b). With dat. (only in Liv.;
v. Zumpt, Gram. § 413): multitudo hostium, nulli rei praeterquam numero freta, Liv. 6, 13, 1; cf.: tamquam constantissimae rei, fortunae, id. 4, 37, 6; so, discordiae hostium, id. 6, 31, 6: haec civitas Samnitium infidae adversus Romanos societati freta, id. 8, 22, 7.—(g). With inf.:
(naves) pontum irrumpere fretae Longius, daring, venturing, Stat. Th. 6, 23.—(d). With object-clause:
satis fretus esse etiam nunc tolerando certamini legatum, Liv. 10, 5, 5: fretus excipi posse (hostem), qua venturum sciebat, Curt. 7, 7, 31.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
frētus adj.
3 FER-, leaning, supported, relying, depending, trusting, daring, confident : malitiā suā, T.: Antoni copiis: meā prudentiā: iuventā, V.: ferro et animis, L.: multitudo nulli rei, L.: satis fretus esse etiam nunc tolerando certamini legatum, L.: excipi posse (hostem), Cu.
Origins
From Proto-Italic *frētos, from earlier *θrētos, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰr-eh₁-tos, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer-.
Descendants
- Italianfreto