fruor

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *frūgjōr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰruHg-ye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰruHg- (“to use, enjoy”). Akin to Proto-Germanic *brūkaną (“to make use of, consume”), whence English brook (Etymology 1).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfru.or/, [ˈfruɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfru.or/, [ˈfruːor]

Verb

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

1. to enjoy; to derive pleasure from

   Synonyms: exhilarō, exsultō, dēlectō, grātulor, congrātulor, gaudeō

   Antonym: displiceō

2. to engage (in)

Usage notes

• The verb fruor and others like it, ūtor, fungor, potior, vescor, and their compounds, regularly govern the ablative case.

Conjugation

• The future participle is fruitūrus.
• A later past participle form is fruitus.

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	frūctus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	frūctus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	frūctus + 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	frūctus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	frūctus + 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	frūctum esse	frūctūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		fruēns	frūctus	frūctūrus, fruitūrus	—	frūctus, fruitus	fruendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		fruendī	fruendō	fruendum	fruendō	frūctum	frūctū

Derived terms

• frūnīscor
• frūmen (“sacrificial porridge”)
• fruitiō
• fruitō

Related terms

• frūctus
• frūx

Descendants

• → Catalan: fruir
• → Italian: fruire
• → Interlingua: fruer
• → Neapolitan: fruì
• → Portuguese: fruir
• → Spanish: fruir

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
• fruor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], 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, →ISBN, pages 244-5