frictus

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfriːk.tus/, [ˈfriːkt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfrik.tus/, [ˈfrikt̪us]
• (Traditional English) IPA^(key): /ˈfrɪk.təs/, [ˈfɹɪk̚.tʰəs]

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of frīgō.

Participle

frīctus (feminine frīcta, neuter frīctum); first/second-declension participle

1. roasted, fried
2. parched

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	frīctus	frīcta	frīctum		frīctī	frīctae	frīcta
Genitive	frīctī	frīctae	frīctī		frīctōrum	frīctārum	frīctōrum
Dative	frīctō		frīctō		frīctīs
Accusative	frīctum	frīctam	frīctum		frīctōs	frīctās	frīcta
Ablative	frīctō	frīctā	frīctō		frīctīs
Vocative	frīcte	frīcta	frīctum		frīctī	frīctae	frīcta

Descendants

• Aromanian: friptu
• Asturian: fritu
• Dalmatian: frete
• Catalan: frit
• French: frit
• Friulian: frit
• Italian: fritto
• Portuguese: frito
• Romanian: fript
• Sardinian: fritu
• Sicilian: frijutu, frittu
• Spanish: frito
• Venetian: frito

Etymology 2

Perfect passive participle of fricō.

Participle

frictus (feminine fricta, neuter frictum); first/second-declension participle

1. rubbed, chafed

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	frictus	fricta	frictum		frictī	frictae	fricta
Genitive	frictī	frictae	frictī		frictōrum	frictārum	frictōrum
Dative	frictō		frictō		frictīs
Accusative	frictum	frictam	frictum		frictōs	frictās	fricta
Ablative	frictō	frictā	frictō		frictīs
Vocative	fricte	fricta	frictum		frictī	frictae	fricta

References

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