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Webster 1913 Edition

Fretum

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Fre′tum

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Noun.

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pl.

Freta

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[L.]

A strait, or arm of the sea.

Webster 1828 Edition

Fretum

FRE'TUM

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Noun.

[L.] An arm of the sea.

Definition 2024

fretum

fretum

English

Noun

fretum ‎(plural freta)

strait; channel.

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfre.tum/, [ˈfrɛ.tũ]

Noun

fretum n ‎(genitive fretī); second declension

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	fretum	freta
genitive	fretī	fretōrum
dative	fretō	fretīs
accusative	fretum	freta
ablative	fretō	fretīs
vocative	fretum	freta

References

fretum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
fretum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
FRETUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “fretum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.