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Latin
Etymology 1
From Proto-Italic *frētos, from earlier *θrētos, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰr-eh₁-tos, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer-.
Adjective
frētus (feminine frēta, neuter frētum); first/second-declension adjective
- (with ablative or dative) trusting to, relying on, depending upon; supported by or leaning on something
- voce fretus ― relying on the rumor
- numero fretus ― relying on the number
Datis, etsi non aequum locum videbat suis, tamen fretus numero copiarum suarum confligere cupiebat- (The general) Datis, however not seeing a proper place for his troops, relying on the number of his armies longed to battle. (Cornelius Nepos, De Viris Illustribus, Miltiades, V.)
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Etymology 2
From fretum (“strait, channel”).
Noun
fretus m (genitive fretūs); fourth declension
- strait, channel
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
References
- “fretus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “fretus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- fretus in Dizionario Latino, Olivetti
- fretus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- fretus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.