Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰrendʰ- (to crush; gnash). Cognate with Dutch grinden (to grind, gnash, grin), English grind.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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frendō (present infinitive frendere, perfect active frenduī, supine frēsum or fressum); third conjugation

  1. (intransitive, of teeth) to grind, gnash
  2. (transitive) to crush or grind to pieces
  3. (transitive) to lament over with rage, gnash the teeth

Conjugation

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   Conjugation of frendō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present frendō frendis frendit frendimus frenditis frendunt
imperfect frendēbam frendēbās frendēbat frendēbāmus frendēbātis frendēbant
future frendam frendēs frendet frendēmus frendētis frendent
perfect frenduī frenduistī frenduit frenduimus frenduistis frenduērunt,
frenduēre
pluperfect frendueram frenduerās frenduerat frenduerāmus frenduerātis frenduerant
future perfect frenduerō frendueris frenduerit frenduerimus frendueritis frenduerint
passive present frendor frenderis,
frendere
frenditur frendimur frendiminī frenduntur
imperfect frendēbar frendēbāris,
frendēbāre
frendēbātur frendēbāmur frendēbāminī frendēbantur
future frendar frendēris,
frendēre
frendētur frendēmur frendēminī frendentur
perfect frēsus or fressus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect frēsus or fressus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect frēsus or fressus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present frendam frendās frendat frendāmus frendātis frendant
imperfect frenderem frenderēs frenderet frenderēmus frenderētis frenderent
perfect frenduerim frenduerīs frenduerit frenduerīmus frenduerītis frenduerint
pluperfect frenduissem frenduissēs frenduisset frenduissēmus frenduissētis frenduissent
passive present frendar frendāris,
frendāre
frendātur frendāmur frendāminī frendantur
imperfect frenderer frenderēris,
frenderēre
frenderētur frenderēmur frenderēminī frenderentur
perfect frēsus or fressus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect frēsus or fressus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present frende frendite
future frenditō frenditō frenditōte frenduntō
passive present frendere frendiminī
future frenditor frenditor frenduntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives frendere frenduisse frēsūrum esse,
fressūrum esse
frendī frēsum esse,
fressum esse
frēsum īrī,
fressum īrī
participles frendēns frēsūrus,
fressūrus
frēsus,
fressus
frendendus,
frendundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
frendendī frendendō frendendum frendendō frēsum,
fressum
frēsū,
fressū

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Catalan: fresar, fresa (possibly)
  • Sicilian: frisari, fresa
  • Spanish: fresar, fresa (possibly)

References

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  • frendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • frendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • frendo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN