Latin

Noun

frūx f ‎(genitive frūgis); third declension

1. produce, crop, fruit
2. (in the plural) supplies
3. (figuratively) fruit, result

Inflection

Third declension.

References

• frux in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• frux in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “frux”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the earth brings forth fruit, crops: terra effert (more rarely fert, but not profert) fruges
    
  • the earth brings forth fruit abundantly: terra fundit fruges
    
  • to recover one's reason, be reasonable again: ad bonam frugem se recipere
    
  • (ambiguous) to be economical: diligentem, frugi esse
    
  • (ambiguous) a good, useful slave: frugi (opp. nequam) servus