fructuosus Latin · revision 9521

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [fruːk.tuˈoː.sʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [fruk.tuˈɔː.s̬us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''frūctuōsus''' (feminine frūctuōsa, neuter frūctuōsum, superlative frūctuōsissimus); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[frūctus]] “enjoyment, produce, profit” with the suffix [[-ōsus]]; ⟨frūctus⟩ is from [[fruor]] “to enjoy”, which de Vaan traces to [[ine-pro|*bʰruHg-ye-|t=to use]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Varro, of what is lucrative.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Varro 116–27 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Of land it meant abounding in produce, fruitful, productive, especially of fruit trees, as in Cicero; producing rich gain, lucrative, valuable, as in Varro; and conferring many benefits, profitable, advantageous, as in Cicero's ''frūctuōsum est'' “it is useful”.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Lewis & Short call it very frequent and classical.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant beneficial, fruitful, profitable, productive.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it for fruitful land and fruit-bearing trees.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of fruitful land.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|fruitful|alt=Fruitful]], productive.^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|lucrative|alt=Lucrative]], valuable.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Profitable, advantageous.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[īnfrūctuōsus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[frūctus]]

+ * [[fruor]]

+ * [[frūx]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}