frequens

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *frekʷents, likely from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrekʷ- (to stuff), cognate with fraxō (I patrol).[1] Alternatively, possibly associated with farciō (I cram, stuff), Ancient Greek φράσσω (phrássō, I fence in, block), and Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (high), compare English berg.[2]

Pronunciation

Adjective

frequēns (genitive frequentis, comparative frequentior, superlative frequentissimus, adverb frequenter); third-declension one-termination adjective

  1. crowded, crammed, packed
  2. filled with a multitude, filled, full, crowded, populous
    Synonyms: plēnus, refertus, implētus, explētus, complētus
    Antonyms: vānus, vacuus
  3. frequent, repeated
    Synonym: crēber

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative frequēns frequentēs frequentia
Genitive frequentis frequentium
Dative frequentī frequentibus
Accusative frequentem frequēns frequentēs frequentia
Ablative frequentī frequentibus
Vocative frequēns frequentēs frequentia

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • frequens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • frequens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • frequens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to issue a proclamation calling on the senators to assemble in full force: edicere, ut senatus frequens adsit (Fam. 11. 6. 2)
  • Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 110
  1. Michiel de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, Brill, 2008, p. 242
  2. idem, p. 202
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