frequens

Latin

Etymology

Likely from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrekʷ- (“to stuff”), cognate with fraxō (“I patrol”) . 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.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfre.kʷens/, [ˈfrɛkʷẽːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfre.kwens/, [ˈfrɛːkwens]

Adjective

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

1. crowded, crammed, packed
2. frequent, repeated

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

• frequentō

Descendants

• English: frequent
• French: fréquent, fréquente
• Italian: frequente

• Portuguese: frequente
• Romanian: frecvent
• Spanish: frecuente

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^[1], 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