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fruor

fruor

Latin

Verb

fruor (present infinitive fruī, perfect active fructus sum); third conjugation, deponent

  1. I enjoy; I derive pleasure from.
  2. I engage (in)

Usage notes

Used with the ablative.

Inflection

  • The perfect participle form may also be fruitus
  • The future participle is fruitūrus
   Conjugation of fruor (third conjugation, deponent)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present fruor frueris, fruere fruitur fruimur fruiminī fruuntur
imperfect fruēbar fruēbāris, fruēbāre fruēbātur fruēbāmur fruēbāminī fruēbantur
future fruar fruēris, fruēre fruētur fruēmur fruēminī fruentur
perfect fructus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect fructus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect fructus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present fruar fruāris, fruāre fruātur fruāmur fruāminī fruantur
imperfect fruerer fruerēris, fruerēre fruerētur fruerēmur fruerēminī fruerentur
perfect fructus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect fructus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present fruere fruiminī
future fruitor fruitor fruuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives fruī fructus esse fructūrus esse
participles fruēns fructus fructūrus fruendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
fruī fruendī fruendō fruendum fructum fructū

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References

  • fruor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • fruor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Félix Gaffiot (1934), “fruor”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
  • Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to enjoy the privilege of living; to be alive: vita or hac luce frui
    • to solace oneself with the thought..: hoc solacio frui, uti
    • to be at leisure: otio frui
    • to take one's fill of enjoyment: voluptatibus frui
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill