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|lshtext=<b>frētus</b>: a, um, adj. [[root]] dhar-, Sanscr. dhar-ā-mi, [[hold]], [[support]]; v. frēnum,<br /><b>I</b> [[leaning]] or supported on [[something]], in a [[good]] or [[bad]] [[sense]]; relying or depending [[upon]], trusting to; [[daring]] ([[class]].; cf.: [[fultus]], [[nixus]]).—Constr. [[with]] abl., [[rarely]] [[with]] dat., [[with]] inf. ([[poet]].), and [[with]] objectclause.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With abl.: omnes mortales dis sunt freti, Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 38 sq.: magnanimi viri freti virtute et viribus, id. Am. 1, 1, 56: ingenio ejus, id. Capt. 2, 2, 100: [[dote]], id. Men. 5, 2, 17: [[vobis]], Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 33: [[vobis]] [[fretus]], Cic. Planc. 42, 103: [[fretus]] intellegentiā vestrā, id. N. D. 1, 19, 49: [[fretus]] conscientiā officii mei, id. Fam. 3, 7, 6: gratiā Bruti, id. Att. 5, 21, 12: ingenio, id. de Or. 2, 24, 103: juventā, Verg. A. 5, 430 al.: amicitiis, Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 7, 25: pondere [[enim]] fretae (res) stant, Lucr. 6, 1058: ferro et animis, Liv. 9, 40, 4: malitiā suā, Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 43: multitudine solā, Liv. 9, 35, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With dat. ([[only]] in Liv.; v. Zumpt, Gram. § 413): [[multitudo]] hostium, nulli rei [[praeterquam]] [[numero]] freta, Liv. 6, 13, 1; cf.: [[tamquam]] constantissimae rei, fortunae, id. 4, 37, 6; so, discordiae hostium, id. 6, 31, 6: haec [[civitas]] Samnitium infidae [[adversus]] Romanos societati freta, id. 8, 22, 7.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With inf.: (naves) pontum irrumpere fretae Longius, [[daring]], venturing, Stat. Th. 6, 23.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(d)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With [[object]]-[[clause]]: [[satis]] [[fretus]] esse [[etiam]] [[nunc]] tolerando certamini [[legatum]], Liv. 10, 5, 5: [[fretus]] excipi posse (hostem), [[qua]] venturum sciebat, Curt. 7, 7, 31.<br /><b>frētus</b>: ūs, m. 1. [[fretus]],<br /><b>I</b> [[reliance]], [[confidence]] ([[post]]-[[class]].): animi tui fretu, Symm. Ep. 2, 82.<br /><b>frĕtus</b>: ūs, m.,<br /><b>I</b> a [[strait]]; v. [[fretum]].
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