Dictionary formfructus, fructus(masculine)
Translation
fruit, produce; profit, enjoyment
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Grammar
Cases
| Case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativethe subject | fructus | fructus |
| Vocativecalling someone: O ... | fructus | fructus |
| Accusativethe direct object; after ad, in (into), per | fructum | fructus |
| Genitiveof | fructus | fructuum |
| Dativeto, for | fructui | fructibus |
| Ablativeby, with, from; after a, ab, cum, de, e, ex, in (in), sine | fructu | fructibus |
Examples
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The tree bears good fruit.
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He took the fruit from the tree.
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We live on the fruits of the earth.
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The reward of the work is great.
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We got no profit out of the war.
Fructus, fructus is a fourth declension masculine, and as usual there the nominative singular, the genitive singular and the nominative plural are all fructus. It comes from fruor, "to enjoy", a deponent that takes the ablative, so the underlying idea is not the apple but the enjoyment of it - the yield, the return, the benefit.
That is why fructus covers crops, rent, revenue and profit as readily as it covers fruit, and why the lawyers' usufructus is the right to use a thing and take its produce without owning it. In the Vulgate the moral sense is standard: fructus spiritus, and the tree known by its fruit. Related words from the same root: fruges, frumentum, frugalis. English fruit, frugal, fructify.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 6, lesson 6: fructus, laetus, vallis and 7 more words.