frivolus
Latin
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreyH- (“to scrape, pierce”), the root also of Latin friō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfriː.wɔ.ɫʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfriː.vo.lus]
Adjective
frīvolus (feminine frīvola, neuter frīvolum); first/second-declension adjective
- silly, empty, trifling, frivolous, worthless
- Rem pūblicam servāre rēs frīvola nōn est.
- Saving the republic is not a frivolous matter.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | frīvolus | frīvola | frīvolum | frīvolī | frīvolae | frīvola | |
| genitive | frīvolī | frīvolae | frīvolī | frīvolōrum | frīvolārum | frīvolōrum | |
| dative | frīvolō | frīvolae | frīvolō | frīvolīs | |||
| accusative | frīvolum | frīvolam | frīvolum | frīvolōs | frīvolās | frīvola | |
| ablative | frīvolō | frīvolā | frīvolō | frīvolīs | |||
| vocative | frīvole | frīvola | frīvolum | frīvolī | frīvolae | frīvola | |
Derived terms
Descendants
See also
- faravalius
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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- frivolus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.