"frenum" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfreː.num/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈfreːnʊ̃ˑ] [Classical-Latin], /ˈfre.num/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈfrɛːnum] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *frēnom, from earlier *θrēnom, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰr-eh₁-nom, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer- (“to hold”). Cognates include ferē, fermē and firmus. Etymology templates: {{inh|la|itc-pro|*frēnom}} Proto-Italic *frēnom, {{der|la|ine-pro|*dʰer-||to hold}} Proto-Indo-European *dʰer- (“to hold”) Head templates: {{la-noun|frēnum<2>}} frēnum n (genitive frēnī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|((frēnum<2>,frēnī<2.pl>))}} Forms: frēnum [canonical, neuter], frēnī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], frēnum [nominative, singular], frēna [nominative, plural], frēnī [nominative, plural], frēnī [genitive, singular], frēnōrum [genitive, plural], frēnō [dative, singular], frēnīs [dative, plural], frēnum [accusative, singular], frēna [accusative, plural], frēnōs [accusative, plural], frēnō [ablative, singular], frēnīs [ablative, plural], frēnum [singular, vocative], frēna [plural, vocative], frēnī [plural, vocative]
  1. bridle, harness, curb, bit Tags: declension-2
    Sense id: en-frenum-la-noun-kxXs8SPz Categories (other): Latin neuter nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the second declension: 18 16 26 15 26
  2. (transferred sense):
    means of guiding or governing; restraint, check, limit
    Tags: declension-2
    Sense id: en-frenum-la-noun-Oz8xKuMX Categories (other): Latin neuter nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the second declension: 18 16 26 15 26
  3. (transferred sense):
    (poetic) horse, steed, charger
    Tags: declension-2, poetic
    Sense id: en-frenum-la-noun-WR6I4TAM Categories (other): Latin neuter nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the second declension: 18 16 26 15 26
  4. (transferred sense):
    (in general):
    (post-classical, rare) that which holds things together; band
    Tags: declension-2, obsolete, rare, usually
    Sense id: en-frenum-la-noun-kOcno26b Categories (other): Latin neuter nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the second declension: 18 16 26 15 26
  5. (transferred sense):
    (in general):
    (anatomy) ligament which attaches the inside of the foreskin to the glans
    Tags: declension-2, usually Categories (topical): Anatomy Categories (lifeform): Horse tack
    Sense id: en-frenum-la-noun-Au464AJB Disambiguation of Horse tack: 18 19 21 4 38 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin neuter nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 7 27 6 2 57 Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the second declension: 18 16 26 15 26 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: effrēnis, effrēnus, frēniger, frēnō, frēnulum, infrēnis, infrēnus Related terms: ferē, fermē, firmus, frēnātiō, frēnātor
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "effrēnis"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "effrēnus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "frēniger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "frēnō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "frēnulum"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "infrēnis"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "infrēnus"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Eastern Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rup",
            "2": "frãn",
            "alts": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Aromanian: frãn, fãrnu, frãnu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aromanian: frãn, fãrnu, frãnu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "frână",
            "3": "frâu"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: frână, frâu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: frână, frâu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "freno"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: freno",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: freno"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "frein"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: frein\nMiddle French: frein m\nFrench: frein m\n→ Khmer: ហ្វ្រ័ង (frang)\n→ Ottoman Turkish: فرن (fren), فرهن (fren)\nTurkish: fren\n→ Vietnamese: phanh",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: frein\nMiddle French: frein m\nFrench: frein m\n→ Khmer: ហ្វ្រ័ង (frang)\n→ Ottoman Turkish: فرن (fren), فرهن (fren)\nTurkish: fren\n→ Vietnamese: phanh"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pro",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Occitan:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Occitan:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "fre"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: fre",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: fre"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "fren"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: fren",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: fren"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "frẽo"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: frẽo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: frẽo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "freo"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: freo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: freo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "freio"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: freio",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: freio"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osp",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Spanish:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Spanish:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "freno"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: freno\n→ Bikol Central: preno\n→ Cebuano: preno\n→ Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: frenu\n→ Southeastern Tepehuan: piriiñ\n→ Tagalog: preno",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: freno\n→ Bikol Central: preno\n→ Cebuano: preno\n→ Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: frenu\n→ Southeastern Tepehuan: piriiñ\n→ Tagalog: preno"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Rhaeto-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "fren"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: fren",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: fren"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "frain",
            "3": "frein",
            "4": "fragn"
          },
          "expansion": "Romansch: frain, frein, fragn",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romansch: frain, frein, fragn"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "frenu"
          },
          "expansion": "Sardinian: frenu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sardinian: frenu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "frenu"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: frenu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: frenu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "fren"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetan: fren",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetan: fren"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sq",
            "2": "fre",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Albanian: fre",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Albanian: fre"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cel-bry-pro",
            "2": "*fruɨn",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Proto-Brythonic: *fruɨn",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Proto-Brythonic: *fruɨn"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "owl",
            "2": "fruin"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Welsh: fruin",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Welsh: fruin"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "wlm",
            "2": "ffrwyn"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Welsh: ffrwyn",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Welsh: ffrwyn"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cy",
            "2": "ffrwyn"
          },
          "expansion": "Welsh: ffrwyn",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Welsh: ffrwyn"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "frenum",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: frenum",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: frenum"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sga",
            "2": "srían",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Irish: srían\nMiddle Irish: srían\nIrish: srian\nScottish Gaelic: srian\nManx: streean",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Irish: srían\nMiddle Irish: srían\nIrish: srian\nScottish Gaelic: srian\nManx: streean"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*frēnom"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *frēnom",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*dʰer-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to hold"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *dʰer- (“to hold”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *frēnom, from earlier *θrēnom, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰr-eh₁-nom, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer- (“to hold”). Cognates include ferē, fermē and firmus.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "frēnum",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēnī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēnum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēnī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēnī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēnōrum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēnō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēnīs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēnum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēnōs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēnō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēnīs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēnum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēnī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "frēnum<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "frēnum n (genitive frēnī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "((frēnum<2>,frēnī<2.pl>))"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ferē"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fermē"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "firmus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "frēnātiō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "frēnātor"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "18 16 26 15 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin neuter nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Golden bridles do not make a better horse.",
          "ref": "65 CE, Lucius Annaeus Seneca Minor, Epistulae morales ad Lucilium. Epistle XLI",
          "text": "Nōn faciunt meliōrem equum aureī frēnī."
        },
        {
          "english": "to reverse the direction of horses by the bridle",
          "text": "circumagere frēnīs equōs",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to add the bridles to the horses",
          "text": "addere frēna equīs",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bridle, harness, curb, bit"
      ],
      "id": "en-frenum-la-noun-kxXs8SPz",
      "links": [
        [
          "bridle",
          "bridle"
        ],
        [
          "harness",
          "harness"
        ],
        [
          "curb",
          "curb"
        ],
        [
          "bit",
          "bit"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "18 16 26 15 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin neuter nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "means of guiding or governing; restraint, check, limit"
      ],
      "id": "en-frenum-la-noun-Oz8xKuMX",
      "links": [
        [
          "means",
          "means"
        ],
        [
          "guiding",
          "guide"
        ],
        [
          "govern",
          "govern"
        ],
        [
          "restraint",
          "restraint"
        ],
        [
          "check",
          "check"
        ],
        [
          "limit",
          "limit"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "transferred sense",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transferred sense):",
        "means of guiding or governing; restraint, check, limit"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "18 16 26 15 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin neuter nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "horse, steed, charger"
      ],
      "id": "en-frenum-la-noun-WR6I4TAM",
      "links": [
        [
          "horse",
          "horse"
        ],
        [
          "steed",
          "steed"
        ],
        [
          "charger",
          "charger"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "transferred sense",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transferred sense):",
        "(poetic) horse, steed, charger"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "poetic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "18 16 26 15 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin neuter nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "that which holds things together; band"
      ],
      "id": "en-frenum-la-noun-kOcno26b",
      "links": [
        [
          "hold",
          "hold"
        ],
        [
          "band",
          "band"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "transferred sense",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transferred sense):",
        "(in general):",
        "(post-classical, rare) that which holds things together; band"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "obsolete",
        "rare",
        "usually"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "la:Anatomy",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Medicine",
            "Sciences",
            "Healthcare",
            "All topics",
            "Health",
            "Fundamental",
            "Body"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 27 6 2 57",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 16 26 15 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin neuter nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 19 21 4 38",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Horse tack",
          "orig": "la:Horse tack",
          "parents": [
            "Animal riding",
            "Horses",
            "Tools",
            "Transport",
            "Equids",
            "Livestock",
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Odd-toed ungulates",
            "Agriculture",
            "Animals",
            "Fundamental",
            "Mammals",
            "Applied sciences",
            "Lifeforms",
            "Vertebrates",
            "Sciences",
            "Life",
            "Chordates",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ligament which attaches the inside of the foreskin to the glans"
      ],
      "id": "en-frenum-la-noun-Au464AJB",
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "ligament",
          "ligament"
        ],
        [
          "foreskin",
          "foreskin"
        ],
        [
          "glans",
          "glans"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "transferred sense",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transferred sense):",
        "(in general):",
        "(anatomy) ligament which attaches the inside of the foreskin to the glans"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "usually"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfreː.num/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfreːnʊ̃ˑ]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfre.num/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfrɛːnum]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "frenum"
}
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  "categories": [
    "Latin 2-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin neuter nouns",
    "Latin neuter nouns in the second declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin second declension nouns",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "la:Horse tack"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "effrēnis"
    },
    {
      "word": "effrēnus"
    },
    {
      "word": "frēniger"
    },
    {
      "word": "frēnō"
    },
    {
      "word": "frēnulum"
    },
    {
      "word": "infrēnis"
    },
    {
      "word": "infrēnus"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Eastern Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rup",
            "2": "frãn",
            "alts": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Aromanian: frãn, fãrnu, frãnu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aromanian: frãn, fãrnu, frãnu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "frână",
            "3": "frâu"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: frână, frâu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: frână, frâu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "freno"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: freno",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: freno"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "frein"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: frein\nMiddle French: frein m\nFrench: frein m\n→ Khmer: ហ្វ្រ័ង (frang)\n→ Ottoman Turkish: فرن (fren), فرهن (fren)\nTurkish: fren\n→ Vietnamese: phanh",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: frein\nMiddle French: frein m\nFrench: frein m\n→ Khmer: ហ្វ្រ័ង (frang)\n→ Ottoman Turkish: فرن (fren), فرهن (fren)\nTurkish: fren\n→ Vietnamese: phanh"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pro",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Occitan:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Occitan:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "fre"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: fre",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: fre"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "fren"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: fren",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: fren"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "frẽo"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: frẽo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: frẽo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "freo"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: freo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: freo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "freio"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: freio",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: freio"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osp",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Spanish:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Spanish:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "freno"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: freno\n→ Bikol Central: preno\n→ Cebuano: preno\n→ Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: frenu\n→ Southeastern Tepehuan: piriiñ\n→ Tagalog: preno",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: freno\n→ Bikol Central: preno\n→ Cebuano: preno\n→ Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: frenu\n→ Southeastern Tepehuan: piriiñ\n→ Tagalog: preno"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Rhaeto-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "fren"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: fren",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: fren"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "frain",
            "3": "frein",
            "4": "fragn"
          },
          "expansion": "Romansch: frain, frein, fragn",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romansch: frain, frein, fragn"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "frenu"
          },
          "expansion": "Sardinian: frenu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sardinian: frenu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "frenu"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: frenu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: frenu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "fren"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetan: fren",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetan: fren"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sq",
            "2": "fre",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Albanian: fre",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Albanian: fre"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cel-bry-pro",
            "2": "*fruɨn",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Proto-Brythonic: *fruɨn",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Proto-Brythonic: *fruɨn"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "owl",
            "2": "fruin"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Welsh: fruin",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Welsh: fruin"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "wlm",
            "2": "ffrwyn"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Welsh: ffrwyn",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Welsh: ffrwyn"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cy",
            "2": "ffrwyn"
          },
          "expansion": "Welsh: ffrwyn",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Welsh: ffrwyn"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "frenum",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: frenum",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: frenum"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sga",
            "2": "srían",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Irish: srían\nMiddle Irish: srían\nIrish: srian\nScottish Gaelic: srian\nManx: streean",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Irish: srían\nMiddle Irish: srían\nIrish: srian\nScottish Gaelic: srian\nManx: streean"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*frēnom"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *frēnom",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*dʰer-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to hold"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *dʰer- (“to hold”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *frēnom, from earlier *θrēnom, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰr-eh₁-nom, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer- (“to hold”). Cognates include ferē, fermē and firmus.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "frēnum",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēnī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēnum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēnī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēnī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēnōrum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēnō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēnīs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēnum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēnōs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēnō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēnīs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēnum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēnī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "frēnum<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "frēnum n (genitive frēnī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "((frēnum<2>,frēnī<2.pl>))"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "ferē"
    },
    {
      "word": "fermē"
    },
    {
      "word": "firmus"
    },
    {
      "word": "frēnātiō"
    },
    {
      "word": "frēnātor"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations",
        "Latin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Golden bridles do not make a better horse.",
          "ref": "65 CE, Lucius Annaeus Seneca Minor, Epistulae morales ad Lucilium. Epistle XLI",
          "text": "Nōn faciunt meliōrem equum aureī frēnī."
        },
        {
          "english": "to reverse the direction of horses by the bridle",
          "text": "circumagere frēnīs equōs",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to add the bridles to the horses",
          "text": "addere frēna equīs",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bridle, harness, curb, bit"
      ],
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        [
          "bridle",
          "bridle"
        ],
        [
          "harness",
          "harness"
        ],
        [
          "curb",
          "curb"
        ],
        [
          "bit",
          "bit"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with transferred senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "means of guiding or governing; restraint, check, limit"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "means",
          "means"
        ],
        [
          "guiding",
          "guide"
        ],
        [
          "govern",
          "govern"
        ],
        [
          "restraint",
          "restraint"
        ],
        [
          "check",
          "check"
        ],
        [
          "limit",
          "limit"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "transferred sense",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transferred sense):",
        "means of guiding or governing; restraint, check, limit"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin poetic terms",
        "Latin terms with transferred senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "horse, steed, charger"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "horse",
          "horse"
        ],
        [
          "steed",
          "steed"
        ],
        [
          "charger",
          "charger"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "transferred sense",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transferred sense):",
        "(poetic) horse, steed, charger"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "poetic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with rare senses",
        "Latin terms with transferred senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "that which holds things together; band"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hold",
          "hold"
        ],
        [
          "band",
          "band"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "transferred sense",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transferred sense):",
        "(in general):",
        "(post-classical, rare) that which holds things together; band"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "obsolete",
        "rare",
        "usually"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with transferred senses",
        "la:Anatomy"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ligament which attaches the inside of the foreskin to the glans"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "ligament",
          "ligament"
        ],
        [
          "foreskin",
          "foreskin"
        ],
        [
          "glans",
          "glans"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "transferred sense",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transferred sense):",
        "(in general):",
        "(anatomy) ligament which attaches the inside of the foreskin to the glans"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "usually"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfreː.num/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfreːnʊ̃ˑ]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfre.num/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfrɛːnum]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "frenum"
}

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