frūctūs
frūctūs
From fruor (“have the benefit of, use, enjoy”) + -tus (suffix forming nouns from verbs); equivalent to Proto-Italic*frūktus and Proto-Indo-European *bʰruHg-tu-s.
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfruːk.tʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfruk.t̪us]
frūctus m (genitive frūctūs); fourth declension
- enjoyment, delight, satisfaction
- Synonyms: gaudium, dēlicium, voluptās, laetitia, dēlectātiō
- Antonyms: maeror, maestitia, trīstitia, tristitās
- produce, product, fruit
- Synonyms: seges, prōventus, frūx
- profit, yield, output, income
- (by extension) effect, result, return, reward, success
- Synonyms: successus, frūx, effectus, ēventus, exitus, prōventus
Fourth-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | frūctus | frūctūs |
| genitive | frūctūs | frūctuum |
| dative | frūctuī | frūctibus |
| accusative | frūctum | frūctūs |
| ablative | frūctū | frūctibus |
| vocative | frūctus | frūctūs |