adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
frūgilegus
frūgilegus (feminine frūgilega, neuter frūgilegum)
Classical[fruːˈɡɪ.ɫɛ.ɡʊs]Ecclesiastical[fruˈd͡ʒiː.le.ɡus]
Meaning
- adjectivefruit-gathering (used as an epithet of the ant)
hīc nōs frūgilegās adspeximus agmine longō ¶ grande onus exiguō formīcās ōre gerentēs ¶ rūgōsōque suum servantēs cortice callem
Here we observed fruit-gathering ants in a long column, carrying a great burden in their tiny mouths and keeping their path with wrinkled bark.8 CE, Ovidius, Metamorphoses 7.624–626
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | frūgilegus | frūgilega | frūgilegum |
| genitive | frūgilegī | frūgilegae | frūgilegī |
| dative | frūgilegō | frūgilegae | frūgilegō |
| accusative | frūgilegum | frūgilegam | frūgilegum |
| ablative | frūgilegō | frūgilegā | frūgilegō |
| vocative | frūgilege | frūgilega | frūgilegum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | frūgilegī | frūgilegae | frūgilega |
| genitive | frūgilegōrum | frūgilegārum | frūgilegōrum |
| dative | frūgilegīs | frūgilegīs | frūgilegīs |
| accusative | frūgilegōs | frūgilegās | frūgilega |
| ablative | frūgilegīs | frūgilegīs | frūgilegīs |
| vocative | frūgilegī | frūgilegae | frūgilega |
frūgĭlĕgus, a, um, adj. frux+lego,
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
frūgilegus adj.
frnx + 1 LEG-, fruit-gathering : formicae, O.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewHg-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰréwHgs Proto-Italic *frūks Latin frūx Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *léǵeti Proto-Italic *legō Latin legō Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *-os Archaic Latin -os Latin -us Latin -legus Latin frūgilegus From frūx (“fruit”, oblique stem in frūg-) + -legus (“gathering”).