The corpus record — Latin

frugiferens

fruitful

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Where it lives

De Rerum Natura 1 · 0.21/10k

What it meant

1. frugiferens — de Vaan

frugiferens 'fruitful' (Lucn), frugiparus 'giving birth to fruits' (Lucr,). Pit. pr. *friig-je/o-y root noun *friig-. It. cognates: U. frif, fri [acc.pl.] 'fruits' < *bhrug~; O. fruktatiuf [nom.sg.] 'usufruct' < *frugtati6n- built to *frug-i-td- < *bhrug-ito-, ppp. of *bhrtig~io- 'to use'. fucus PIE pr. *bhruHg-ie/o- 'to use', IE cognates: Go, brukfan, pret bruhta, OE brUcan, OHG bruhhan, OS briikan 'to use', Go, … — [de Vaan, s.v. frugiferens, p. 258]

2. frūgĭfĕrens — Lewis & Short

frūgĭfĕrens, entis, adj.id.,

I fruitbearing, fruitful (for the class. frugifer): terrae, Lucr. 1, 3.

In the wild

frugiferentis Lucretius, De Rerum Natura 1.3

Where it came from

de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. frugiferens (scan pp. 258-259; entry #632). Root candidates: *friig-, *frugtati6n-, *fruje-.

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