fructus

== English == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Latin frūctus. === Noun === fructus (uncountable) (law, historical) In Ancient Roman law, any product originating either from a natural source (such as fruits grown or animals bred) or from legal transactions (e.g. interest on a loan). == French == === Etymology === From Latin frūctus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fʁyk.tys/ === Noun === fructus m (invariable) fructus (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfruːk.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfruk.tus] === Etymology 1 === Perfect active participle of fruor. ==== Participle ==== frūctus (feminine frūcta, neuter frūctum); first/second-declension participle enjoyed; having derived pleasure from ===== Declension ===== First/second-declension participle. ===== Alternative forms ===== fruitus ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From fruor + -tus (forming action nouns). ==== Noun ==== frūctus m (genitive frūctūs); fourth declension enjoyment, delight, satisfaction Synonyms: gaudium, dēlicium, voluptās, laetitia, dēlectātiō Antonyms: maeror, maestitia, trīstitia, tristitās produce, product, fruit Synonyms: seges, prōventus, frūx profit, yield, output, income (by extension) effect, result, return, reward, success Synonyms: successus, frūx, effectus, ēventus, exitus, prōventus ===== Declension ===== Fourth-declension noun. ===== Alternative forms ===== frūctum n (Medieval Latin) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== === References === “fructus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “fructus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "fructus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “fructus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. “fructus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “fructus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin