frequens

== Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *frekʷents, likely from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrekʷ- (“to stuff”), cognate with fraxō (“to patrol”). Alternatively, possibly associated with farciō (“to cram, stuff”), Ancient Greek φράσσω (phrássō, “to fence in, block”), and Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“high”), compare English berg. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfrɛ.kʷẽːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfrɛː.kʷens] === Adjective === frequēns (genitive frequentis, comparative frequentior, superlative frequentissimus, adverb frequenter); third-declension one-termination adjective crowded, crammed, packed filled with a multitude, filled, full, crowded, populous Synonyms: plēnus, refertus, implētus, explētus, complētus Antonyms: vānus, vacuus frequent, repeated Synonym: crēber ==== Declension ==== Third-declension one-termination adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== frequentō ==== Descendants ==== === References === === Further reading === “frequens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “frequens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “frequens”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. Pokorny, Julius (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 110