fratillus

fratillus

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /fraˈtil.lus/, [fräˈt̪ɪlːʲʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fraˈtil.lus/, [fräˈt̪ilːus]

Noun

fratillus m (genitive fratillī); second declension

1. (hapax) a dirty tuft in a carpet
   • 8th century CE, Paulus Diaconus, Karl Otfried Müller, editor, Excerpta ex libris Pompeii Festi De significatione verborum, page 90:

     Fratillī villī sordidī in tapētīs.

     Fratilli are dirty tufts in carpets.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fratillus	fratillī
Genitive	fratillī	fratillōrum
Dative	fratillō	fratillīs
Accusative	fratillum	fratillōs
Ablative	fratillō	fratillīs
Vocative	fratille	fratillī

References

• “fratillus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• fratillus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette