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Latin
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreyH- (“to scrape, pierce”), the root also of Latin friō.
Pronunciation
Adjective
frīvolus (feminine frīvola, neuter frīvolum); first/second-declension adjective
- silly, empty, trifling, frivolous, worthless
Rem pūblicam servāre rēs frīvola nōn est.- Saving the republic is not a frivolous matter.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
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References
- “frivolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “frivolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- frivolus 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)
- frivolus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.