frictus

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfriːk.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfrik.tus]
• (Traditional English) IPA^(key): /ˈfrɪk.təs/, [ˈfɹɪk̚.tʰəs]

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of frīgō.

Participle

frīctus (feminine frīcta, neuter frīctum); first/second-declension participle

1. roasted, fried
2. parched

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	frīctus	frīcta	frīctum		frīctī	frīctae	frīcta
genitive	frīctī	frīctae	frīctī		frīctōrum	frīctārum	frīctōrum
dative	frīctō	frīctae	frīctō		frīctīs
accusative	frīctum	frīctam	frīctum		frīctōs	frīctās	frīcta
ablative	frīctō	frīctā	frīctō		frīctīs
vocative	frīcte	frīcta	frīctum		frīctī	frīctae	frīcta

Descendants

• Aromanian: friptu
• Asturian: fritu
• Dalmatian: frete
• Catalan: frit
• French: frit
• Friulian: frit
• Italian: fritto
• Portuguese: frito
• Romanian: fript
• Sardinian: fritu
• Sicilian: frijutu, frittu
• Spanish: frito
• Venetan: frito

Etymology 2

Perfect passive participle of fricō.

Participle

frictus (feminine fricta, neuter frictum); first/second-declension participle

1. rubbed, chafed

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	frictus	fricta	frictum		frictī	frictae	fricta
genitive	frictī	frictae	frictī		frictōrum	frictārum	frictōrum
dative	frictō	frictae	frictō		frictīs
accusative	frictum	frictam	frictum		frictōs	frictās	fricta
ablative	frictō	frictā	frictō		frictīs
vocative	fricte	fricta	frictum		frictī	frictae	fricta

Alternative forms

• fricātus

Etymology 3

From fricō + -tus (forming action nouns).

Noun

frictus m (genitive frictūs); fourth declension

1. a rubbing, chafing

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	frictus	frictūs
genitive	frictūs	frictuum
dative	frictuī	frictibus
accusative	frictum	frictūs
ablative	frictū	frictibus
vocative	frictus	frictūs

Alternative forms

• fricātus

Further reading

• “frictus, -a, -um (frīgō / frico)”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “frictus, -a, -um (frīgō / fricō)”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “frictus, -ūs”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “frictus, -a, -um / frictŭs, ūs”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.