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Webster 1913 Edition
Fragor
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Fra′gor
,Noun.
[L., a breaking to pieces, fr.
frangere
to break.] 1.
A loud and sudden sound; the report of anything bursting; a crash.
I. Watts.
Webster 1828 Edition
Fragor
FRA'GOR
,Noun.
1.
A loud and sudden sound; the report of any thing bursting; a loud harsh sound; a crash.2.
A strong or sweet scent. obs.Definition 2024
fragor
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See also: frågor
English
Noun
fragor (plural fragors)
- A loud and sudden sound; the report of anything bursting; a crash.
- Isaac Watts
- The direful fragor, when some southern blast / Tears from the Alps a ridge of knotty oaks […]
- Isaac Watts
Etymology 2
By confusion with fragrant.
Noun
fragor (plural fragors)
- (obsolete, proscribed) A strong or sweet scent; fragrance.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir T. Herbert to this entry?)
Latin
Etymology
From frangō (“break, shatter”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfra.ɡor/
Noun
fragor m (genitive fragōris); third declension
- a breaking, shattering
- a crash
- Sextus magnum 'fragorem audit'. - Sextus hears the great crash.
Inflection
Third declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | fragor | fragōrēs |
genitive | fragōris | fragōrum |
dative | fragōrī | fragōribus |
accusative | fragōrem | fragōrēs |
ablative | fragōre | fragōribus |
vocative | fragor | fragōrēs |
Related terms
References
- fragor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- fragor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “fragor”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- a storm accompanied by heavy claps of thunder: tempestas cum magno fragore (caeli) tonitribusque (Liv. 1. 16)
- a storm accompanied by heavy claps of thunder: tempestas cum magno fragore (caeli) tonitribusque (Liv. 1. 16)