fremitus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fremitus.

Pronunciation

• enPR: frĕm'ĭ-təs

Noun

fremitus

1. A vibration which is perceptible on palpation or auscultation.

Anagrams

• fumiters

Latin

Etymology

From fremō (“to murmur, mutter, grumble, growl, roar”) +‎ -tus (suffix forming fourth declension action nouns from verbs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfre.mi.tus/, [ˈfrɛmɪt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfre.mi.tus/, [ˈfrɛːmit̪us]

Noun

fremitus m (genitive fremitūs); fourth declension

1. an angry murmur, humming
2. a dull roaring sound, loud noise, resounding noise
   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs.19.12:

     Sīcut fremitus leōnis ita, et rēgis īra: et sīcut rōs super herbam ita hilaritās eius.

     As the roaring of a lion, so also is the anger of a king: and his cheerfulness as the dew upon the grass.
     (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.: 1752 CE)

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	fremitus	fremitūs
genitive	fremitūs	fremituum
dative	fremituī	fremitibus
accusative	fremitum	fremitūs
ablative	fremitū	fremitibus
vocative	fremitus	fremitūs

Synonyms

• murmur

Related terms

• fremitō

Descendants

• Aromanian: freamit
• English: fremitus
• Galician: fremido
• Italian: fremito
• Old French: friente
• Portuguese: frêmito
• Romanian: freamăt
• Sicilian: frèmitu
• Spanish: frémito

References

• “fremitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “fremitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fremitus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.