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Revision as of 15:10, 14 May 2024

Latin > English

frivolus frivola, frivolum ADJ :: frivolous, trifling; silly, worthless; trashy

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

frīvŏlus: a, um, adj. etym. dub.; perh. from frico,
I silly, empty, trifling, frivolous; pitiful, sorry, worthless (mostly post-Aug.; perh. not in Cic.; cf. futtilis).
I Adj.: frivolus hic quidem jam et illiberalis est sermo, Auct. Her. 4, 11, 16: levibus aut frivolis aut manifesto falsis reum incessere (shortly after: quia, qui vana congerit), Quint. 7, 2, 34; Vop. Aur. 3, 1: colligitis lexidia, res taetras et inanes et frivolas, Gell. 18, 7, 3: frivola et inanis argutiola, id. 2, 7, 9: quaedam dicit futtilia et frivola, id. 16, 12, 1: jocus, Plin. 28, 19, 79, § 260: auspicium, Suet. Ner. 41: aura, Phaedr. 5, 8, 1: insolentia, id. 3, 6, 8: jactantia in parvis, Quint. 1, 6, 20: opus, Plin. 22, 6, 7, § 15: labor, Sen. Ep. 31: cura, Plin. 25, 3, 7, § 22: origo superbissimi animalium (i. e. hominis), id. 7, 7, 5, § 43: ratione morientes, id. 11, 29, 35, § 102: flunt in litterarum ostentatione inepti et frivoli, Gell. 15, 30, 2; so, in cognoscendo ac decernendo nonnumquam frivolus amentique similis, Suet. Claud. 15: quin etiam, quod est imprimis frivolum ac scaenicum, verbum petant (declamatores), quo incipiant, Quint. 10, 7, 21: frivolum dictu, Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 186: frivolum videatur, non tamen omittendum, id. 28, 12, 50, § 184: huic misit qui nescio quid frivoli ducentis milibus traderet, some worthless thing, trifle, Suet. Calig. 39 fin.—
II Subst.: frīvŏla, ōrum, n. plur., wretched furniture, paltry things, trifles: inter frivola mea, Sen. Tranq. 1; Dig. 13, 7, 11, § 5: jam poscit aquam: jam frivola transfert Ucalegon, Juv. 3, 198; 5, 59; Suet. Calig. 39; Dig. 13, 7, 11, § 5; cf.: frivola σκευάρια εὐτελῆ πάνυ, Gloss. Philox.—Hence, adv.: frī-vŏlē, in a silly manner, triflingly: aliqui mentiuntur, Hier. in Mich. II. 7, 8.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

frīvŏlus,¹³ a, um,
1 [choses] de peu de prix, frivole, futile, léger : Her. 4, 16 ; Plin. 28, 260 ; Quint. 10, 7, 21 ; Gell. 18, 7, 3 ; [av. supin.] frivolum dictu Plin. 7, 186, chose insignifiante à dire
2 [pers.] évaporé, étourdi : Suet. Claud. 15, 1.

Latin > German (Georges)

frīvolus, a, um (v. frio), zerbrechlich, wertlos, I) eig., nur subst., frīvolum, ī, n., eine wertlose Kleinigkeit, Bagatelle, nescio quid frivoli, Suet. Cal. 39, 2: u. so Plur. frīvola, ōrum, n. (= σκευαρια ευτελη πάνυ, Gloss.; vgl. Paul. ex Fest. 90, 6. Isid. 9, 7, 26), ärmlicher Hausrat od. Haushalt, armselige Habe, Sen. contr. 2, 1 (9), 2. Sen. de tranqu. an. 1, 9. Ulp. dig. 13, 7, 11. § 5. Iuven. 3, 198 u. 5, 58. – II) übtr., wertlos, bedeutungslos, armselig, abgeschmackt, fade, albern, nichtig, a) v. Lebl.: sermo, Cornif. rhet.: iactatio, Sen. rhet.: iactantia, Quint.: insolentia, Phaedr.: plane frivola et frigida fides, Tertull.: iocus Plin.: convivia, Quint.: pisces, Apul.: quod est in primis frivolum ac scaenicum, Quint. – m. 2. Supin., frivolum dictu, Plin. 7, 186. – Plur. subst., frīvola, ōrum, n., nichtssagende Worte (Vorwürfe), Quint. 7, 2, 34; u. unnütze Kleinigkeiten, Capit. Albin. 5, 11. Vopisc. Aurel. 3, 1 u. Saturn. 11, 4: Ggstz. graviora, Apul. de deo Socr. prol. in. p. 1, 5 G. – b) v. Pers., läppisch, frivolo amentique similis, Suet. Claud. 15, 1.