fragosus
Γάμος γὰρ ἀνθρώποισιν εὐκταῖον κακόν → Conubium homini inire votivum est malum → Die Ehe ist den Menschen ein erflehtes Leid
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
frăgōsus: a, um, adj. fragor.
I (Acc. to fragor, I.) Apt to be broken, fragile (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
A Lit.: fragosa putri corpore, Lucr. 2, 860.—
2 Transf., rough, uneven: silvis horrentia saxa fragosis, Ov. M. 4, 778: mons, Grat. Cyneg. 527. —
B Trop., of speech, uneven, unequal: fragosa atque interrupta oratio, Quint. 9, 4, 7: aures fragosis offenduntur, id. 9, 4, 116: versus, Diom. p. 499 P.—
II (Acc. to fragor, II.) Crashing, rushing, roaring (poet.): medioque fragosus Dat sonitum saxis et torto vertice torrens, Verg. A. 7, 566: vada, Val. Fl. 2, 622: arx Maleae, id. 4, 261: lux, a rattling gleam (lightning), id. 2, 198: murmura leonum, Claud. II. Cons. Stil. 337: nares, Amm. 14, 6, 25.—Hence, * adv.: fră-gōse (acc. to II.), with a crashing: (secures a ligno laricis) respuuntur et fragosius sidunt, aegrius revelluntur, Plin. 16, 10, 19, § 47.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
frăgōsus,¹⁵ a, um (fragor), [poét.] fragile : Lucr. 2, 860 || âpre, rude, escarpé : Ov. M. 4, 778 || [fig.] rude, rocailleux : Quint. 9, 4, 7 || bruyant, retentissant : Virg. En. 7, 556.
