fragum

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *frāgom, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreh₂ǵ-om, from *dʰreh₂ǵ- (“berry”) (compare Albanian dredhëz, Sanskrit द्राक्षा (drā́kṣā)) or *sróh₂gs (“grape”) (compare Ancient Greek ῥώξ (rhṓx) (whence Greek ρώγα (róga)), Albanian rrush).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfraː.ɡum/, [ˈfräːɡʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfra.ɡum/, [ˈfräːɡum]

Noun

frāgum n (genitive frāgī); second declension

1. (usually in the plural) strawberry (Fragaria vesca)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	frāgum	frāga
Genitive	frāgī	frāgōrum
Dative	frāgō	frāgīs
Accusative	frāgum	frāga
Ablative	frāgō	frāgīs
Vocative	frāgum	frāga

Descendants

• Aromanian: frangã
• Catalan: fraula
• → Esperanto: frago
• Friulian: freule
• Italian: fragola
  • → Greek: φράουλα (fráoula)
    • → Arabic: فَرَاوْلَة (farāwla)
      • Egyptian Arabic: فراولة (faráwla)
• Old French: fraise, freise
  • French: fraise
    • → Asturian: fresa
    • → Spanish: fresa
      • → Hiligaynon: frésa
      • → Tagalog: presa
    • → Moroccan Arabic: فريز (friz)
  • Norman: frâse (Guernsey, Jersey), fraz (Sark)
• Romanian: fragă
• Romansch: fraja, fraia, freja
• Sicilian: fràula
  • → Maltese: frawla
• Sardinian: fràgula, fràula
• Spanish: fragaria
• Translingual: Fragaria

References

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