fretensis

Latin

Etymology

fretum +‎ -ēnsis

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /freˈten.sis/, [frɛˈt̪ẽːs̠ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /freˈten.sis/, [freˈt̪ɛnsis]

Adjective

fretēnsis (neuter fretēnse); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. of the sea straits

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	fretēnsis	fretēnse		fretēnsēs	fretēnsia
Genitive	fretēnsis			fretēnsium
Dative	fretēnsī			fretēnsibus
Accusative	fretēnsem	fretēnse		fretēnsēs fretēnsīs	fretēnsia
Ablative	fretēnsī			fretēnsibus
Vocative	fretēnsis	fretēnse		fretēnsēs	fretēnsia

Related terms

• fretum

References

• “fretensis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “fretensis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers