fraces

== Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *frakēs, possibly from earlier form *θrakēs, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrā́ks (“dregs, sediment”), likely of non-Indo-European origin. === Noun === fracēs f pl (genitive fracum); third declension oil cake: grounds, solid waste coming from the pressing of olives; the lees, dregs of oil Coordinate term: amurca ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun, plural only. ==== Derived terms ==== fraceō fracēscō fracidus === References === === Further reading === “fraces”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “fraces”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.