frivolus
Latin
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrey- (“to scrape, pierce”), the root also of Latin friō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfriː.wo.lus/, [ˈfriː.wɔ.ɫʊs]
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | frīvolus | frīvola | frīvolum | frīvolī | frīvolae | frīvola | |
| Genitive | frīvolī | frīvolae | frīvolī | frīvolōrum | frīvolārum | frīvolōrum | |
| Dative | frīvolō | frīvolō | frīvolīs | ||||
| Accusative | frīvolum | frīvolam | frīvolum | frīvolōs | frīvolās | frīvola | |
| Ablative | frīvolō | frīvolā | frīvolō | frīvolīs | |||
| Vocative | frīvole | frīvola | frīvolum | frīvolī | frīvolae | frīvola | |
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, 1883–1887)
- frivolus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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