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frivolus

frivolus

Latin

Adjective

frīvolus m ‎(feminine frīvola, neuter frīvolum); first/second declension

silly, empty, trifling, frivolous, worthless

Inflection

First/second declension.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular				Plural
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

English: frivolous
French: frivole
Spanish: frívolo

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)
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “frivolus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.