fructus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of fruor (have the benefit of, use, enjoy).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfruːk.tus/, [ˈfruːk.tʊs]

Noun

frūctus m (genitive frūctūs); fourth declension

  1. enjoyment, delight, satisfaction
  2. produce, product, fruit
  3. profit, yield, output, income
  4. (by extension) effect, result, return, reward, success

Inflection

Fourth declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative frūctus frūctūs
Genitive frūctūs frūctuum
Dative frūctuī frūctibus
Accusative frūctum frūctūs
Ablative frūctū frūctibus
Vocative frūctus frūctūs

Derived terms

Descendants

Participle

frūctus m (feminine frūcta, neuter frūctum); first/second declension

  1. enjoyed, having derived pleasure from

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative frūctus frūcta frūctum frūctī frūctae frūcta
Genitive frūctī frūctae frūctī frūctōrum frūctārum frūctōrum
Dative frūctō frūctae frūctō frūctīs frūctīs frūctīs
Accusative frūctum frūctam frūctum frūctōs frūctās frūcta
Ablative frūctō frūctā frūctō frūctīs frūctīs frūctīs
Vocative frūcte frūcta frūctum frūctī frūctae frūcta

References

  • fructus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • fructus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • fructus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • fructus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to derive (great) profit , advantage from a thing: fructum (uberrimum) capere, percipere, consequi ex aliqua re
    • (great) advantage accrues to me from this: fructus ex hac re redundant in or ad me
    • I am benefited by a thing: aliquid ad meum fructum redundat
    • to reap: fructus demetere or percipere
    • to harvest crops: fructus condere (N. D. 2. 62. 156)
  • fructus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • fructus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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