frequens
Latin
Etymology
Etymology tree
From Proto-Italic *frekʷents, likely from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrekʷ- (“to stuff”), cognate with fraxō (“to patrol”).[1] Alternatively, possibly associated with farciō (“to cram, stuff”), Ancient Greek φράσσω (phrássō, “to fence in, block”),[2] and Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“high”), compare English berg.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfrɛ.kʷẽːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfrɛː.kʷens]
Adjective
frequēns (genitive frequentis, comparative frequentior, superlative frequentissimus, adverb frequenter); third-declension one-termination adjective
- crowded, crammed, packed
- filled with a multitude, filled, full, crowded, populous
- frequent, repeated
- Synonym: crēber
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | frequēns | frequentēs | frequentia | ||
| genitive | frequentis | frequentium | |||
| dative | frequentī | frequentibus | |||
| accusative | frequentem | frequēns | frequentīs frequentēs |
frequentia | |
| ablative | frequentī frequente |
frequentibus | |||
| vocative | frequēns | frequentēs | frequentia | ||
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “frequēns”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 242
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “farciō, -īre”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 202
Further reading
- “frequens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “frequens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “frequens”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to issue a proclamation calling on the senators to assemble in full force: edicere, ut senatus frequens adsit (Fam. 11. 6. 2)
- to issue a proclamation calling on the senators to assemble in full force: edicere, ut senatus frequens adsit (Fam. 11. 6. 2)
- Pokorny, Julius (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 110