fruor

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *frūgjōr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰruHg-ye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰruHg- (to use, enjoy). Akin to Proto-Germanic *brūkaną (to make use of, consume), whence English brook (Etymology 1).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

fruor (present infinitive fruī, perfect active frūctus sum); third conjugation, deponent

  1. to enjoy; to derive pleasure from
    Synonyms: exhilarō, exsultō, dēlectō, grātulor, congrātulor, gaudeō
    Antonym: displiceō
  2. to engage (in)

Usage notes

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Catalan: fruir
  • Italian: fruire
  • Interlingua: fruer
  • Neapolitan: fruì
  • Portuguese: fruir
  • Spanish: fruir

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “fruor, fruī”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 244-5

Further reading

  • fruor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • fruor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • fruor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to enjoy the privilege of living; to be alive: vita or hac luce frui
    • to solace oneself with the thought..: hoc solacio frui, uti
    • to be at leisure: otio frui
    • to take one's fill of enjoyment: voluptatibus frui