Fretum, sreti, n. ge. Cic.A narrow sea or streitie betwene two landes.Oceani sreta.Cic.Freta & maritimi æstus.Cic.Æstuosa freta. Hor. Alta. Sene Cærula.Virg. Curua. Val. Flae. Imbelle freium torpentibus vndis.Stat.Insana freta.Ouid. Lene fretum. Ouid.Mollia freta.Ouid. Naufraga. Ouid.Triste fretum.Ouid. Tumida freta. Sen. Vastum frerum. Sen. Concutiunt freta venti.Ouid.Currentia freta. Hor. Venti distraxere fretum. Sil. The windes made the sea troublous.Fetuet fretis spirantibus æquor.Virg.Findere fretum carina.Ouid.Inclinarum fretum æstu Liu.Indignantia freta miscent venti.Ouid.The windes make the seas tempestunus and troublous.Inire fretum.Ouid. Sicare freta. Virg.Cæca frera solicitant remis.Virg.Spumant freta.Virg.Sæuior freto surgente.Ouid.Segne torpescit fretum. Sen. Transire freto ad aliquem locum. Ci. To saile ouer to.Agitata frera tumescere incipiunt.Virg.Ætatis freta. Lucre. Youth, when a mans nature first beginneth to be in a heat or sturre. Fretus, ti, m. g. Vsed of Lucretius and other olde writers.
Fretus, Adiect. Plaut.Trusting: hauing confidence in a thing.Fretus & munitus.Cic. Fretus conscientia. Cic.Fretus consilijs, & innixus.Plin. iun.Fretus dijs.Salust. Fretus fiducia tua. Plaut.Fretus fuga auxiliôue.Cic. Fretus gratia. Cic.Freti tua humanitate. Ci. Trusting on, or hauing great confidence in your gentlenesse.Fretus ingenio.Plaut.Innocentia freti, nobilitate nixi, potentia fulti.Cic.Fretus intelligentia vestra, dissero breuius qum causa desyderat.Cic.Fretus iuuenta.Virg. Malitia sua. Teren. Virtute. Plau. Viribus. Colum. Vobis.Terent. Voce. Cic.Fruniscor: Idem quod fruor. Lucil. Frunsrus.Wise: that one may trust. Sipont.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
frĕtum, i, n., and frĕtus, ūs, m. [root fru, to be in uneasy motion, boil, flash; cf. Sanscr. bhur; Lat. ferveo], a strait, sound, channel.I.Lit.A. In gen. (a). Form fretum: fretum dictum a similitudine ferventis aquae, quod in fretum saepe concurrat aestus atque differvescat, Varr. L. L. 7, 22; Isid. Orig. 13, 18: (presteres) freta circum Fervescunt, Lucr. 6, 427: quid de fretis aut de marinis aestibus plura dicam?Cic. Div. 2, 14, 34; cf.: aestus maritimi, fretorumque angustiae, id. N. D. 2, 7, 19; id. Mur. 17, 35: Seston Abydena separat urbe fretum, Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 28: fretum Siciliense,
the Sicilian Strait
,
the Strait of Messina
, Cic. N. D. 3, 10, 24; also called fretum Siciliae, Caes. B. C. 2, 3, 1; v. infra: fretum nostri maris et Oceani, i. e.
the Gaditanian Strait
,
Strait of Gibraltar
, Sall. J. 17, 4.—(b). Form fretus: salis fretus, Lucil. ap. Non. 205, 30; Naev. ib. 27 (Trag. Rel. p. 12 Rib.): angusto fretu, Lucr. 1, 720; cf.: ut perangusto fretu divisa servitutis ac libertatis jura cognosceret, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 66, 169 (cf. Gell. 13, 20, 15): in Scyllaeo illo aeris alieni tamquam in fretu, Cic. Sest. 8, 18: inter Italiam et Siciliam qui est fretus, Varr. ap. Non. 205, 31: a Gaditano fretu, Cic. ap. Charis. p. 103 P.: angustiae fretus, Messala, ib.: salsi fretus, Licin. ib.—B. In partic., the Strait, for the Strait of Sicily: cum se ille septimo die venisse a freto dixisset, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 5; id. Verr. 2, 1, 59, 154; 2, 2, 7fin.; Caes. B. C. 1, 29, 1; Suet. Tib. 2; Flor. 2, 2; Hor. Epod. 9, 7 al.—2. Hence, Frĕtensis, e, adj.: Fretense mare, i. e.
the Strait of Sicily
, Cic. Att. 10, 7, 1.—II.Poet. transf. A. In gen., the sea (syn.: mare, oceanus, pelagus, pontus).—Plur.: fervet fretis spirantibus aequor, Verg. G. 1, 327: in freta dum fluvii current, id. A. 1, 607; cf. Ov. M. 1, 36: pastor cum traheret per freta navibus Idaeis Helenen, Hor. C. 1, 15, 1: fretis acrior Hadriae, id. ib. 1, 33, 15.—Sing.: Euxinum, Ov. P. 2, 2, 2: Libycum, id. F. 3, 568.— B. Of the sky: (pulvis) omnem pervolat caeli fretum, Enn. ap. Non. 205, 29 (Trag. v. 31 Vahl.).— C. Of the spring, as the period of transition from cold to heat: fretus ipse anni permiscet frigus et aestum, Lucr. 6, 364; so, freta anni, ib. 374 ex conject. Lachm. v. ej. annot. p. 369.—D.A raging, swelling, heat, violence: aetatis freta, Lucr. 4, 1030; cf.: fretum adolescentiae, id est secunda imperii aetas, Flor. 1, 26: invidiae atque acerbitatis fretum effervescit, Gell. 10, 3, 7.