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frivolus

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Latin

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Etymology

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Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreyH- (to scrape, pierce), the root also of Latin friō.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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

  1. silly, empty, trifling, frivolous, worthless
    Rem pūblicam servāre rēs frīvola nōn est.
    Saving the republic is not a frivolous matter.

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
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

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Descendants

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See also

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References

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  • 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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • frivolus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.