frivolus

frīvŏlus, a, um, adj. [etym. dub.; perh. from frico], silly, empty, trifling, frivolous; pitiful, sorry, worthless (mostly post-Aug.; perh. not in Cic.; cf. futtilis).

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. —

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 skeuaria eutelê panu, Gloss. Philox.—Hence, adv.: frī-vŏlē, in a silly manner, triflingly:

aliqui mentiuntur,

Hier. in Mich. II. 7, 8.

1) ломкий, перен. незначительный, ничтожный, дрянной Sen, J

2) преим. несерьёзный, ненужный ( labor Sen); пустой, вздорный, пошлый (causa Sen; sermo rhH.; jocus PM)

3) нелепый, взбалмошный (f. amensque Su)

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. (= σκευᾰρια 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.

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frīvŏlus, a, um, adj. [etym. dub.; perh. from frico], silly, empty, trifling, frivolous; pitiful, sorry, worthless (mostly post-Aug.; perh. not in Cic.; cf. futtilis).

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. —

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 skeuaria eutelê panu, Gloss. Philox.—Hence, adv.: frī-vŏlē, in a silly manner, triflingly:

aliqui mentiuntur,

Hier. in Mich. II. 7, 8.

frīvŏlus, a, um, adj. [etym. dub.; perh. from frico], silly, empty, trifling, frivolous; pitiful, sorry, worthless (mostly post-Aug.; perh. not in Cic.; cf. futtilis).

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. —

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 skeuaria eutelê panu, Gloss. Philox.—Hence, adv.: frī-vŏlē, in a silly manner, triflingly:

aliqui mentiuntur,

Hier. in Mich. II. 7, 8.

frīvusculum, ī, n. (von gleichem Stamme mit frīvolus), der kleine Hader, Ulp. dig. 24, 1, 32. § 12 M.

per-frīvolus, a, um, sehr nichtswürdig, Vopisc. Aur. 6. § 6.

futtĭlis (less correctly fūtĭlis, Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 204), e, adj. [fundo; cf. futis], that easily pours out.

Lit., only subst.: futtĭle, is, n., a water-vessel, broad above and pointed below, used at sacrifices to Vesta and Ceres, Don. Ter. And. 3, 5, 3; Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 19; Schol. Stat. Th. 8, 297; Schol. Hor. A. P. 231; Serv. Verg. A. 11, 339.—

Transf., in gen., that can not contain (very rare):

canes,

that void their excrement through fear, Phaedr. 4, 18, 33:

glacies,

brittle, Verg. A. 12, 740.—

Trop., untrustworthy, vain, worthless, futile (class.;

syn.: frivolus, vanus, levis): servon fortunas meas me commisisse futtili!

Ter. And. 3, 5, 3; cf.:

irrideamus haruspices: vanos, futtiles esse dicamus,

Cic. Div. 1, 19, 36; and:

quis non odit sordidos, vanos, leves, futtiles?

id. Fin. 3, 11, 38:

locutores (with leves et importuni),

Gell. 1, 15, 1:

auctor,

Verg. A. 11, 339:

competitores,

Gell. 4, 8, 4; Enn. ap. Non. 511, 6 (Trag. v. 349 Vahl.):

futtiles commenticiaeque sententiae,

Cic. N. D. 1, 8, 18; cf.:

dicit quaedam futtilia et frivola,

Gell. 16, 12, 1:

opes ejus, quae futiles et conruptae sunt,

Sall. H. Fragm. 1, 41, 20 Dietsch:

alacritas,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 17, 37:

laetitiae,

id. ib. 5, 6, 16:

et caducum tempus,

Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 14:

lingua,

Phaedr. 5, 2, 10:

de causa,

Plin. 33, 2, 8, § 32:

nec futilis ictus,

Sil. 15, 797.— Hence, adv., in vain, idly, uselessly (anteand post-class.).

Form futtĭle: factum futtile, Enn. ap. Non. 514, 14 (Trag. v. 350 Vahl.):

provenisti,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 73 Ritschl.—

Form futtĭlĭter:

blaterata,

App. Mag. p. 275:

futile futtiliter,

Non. 514, 13.

futtĭlis (less correctly fūtĭlis, Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 204), e, adj. [fundo; cf. futis], that easily pours out.

Lit., only subst.: futtĭle, is, n., a water-vessel, broad above and pointed below, used at sacrifices to Vesta and Ceres, Don. Ter. And. 3, 5, 3; Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 19; Schol. Stat. Th. 8, 297; Schol. Hor. A. P. 231; Serv. Verg. A. 11, 339.—

Transf., in gen., that can not contain (very rare):

canes,

that void their excrement through fear, Phaedr. 4, 18, 33:

glacies,

brittle, Verg. A. 12, 740.—

Trop., untrustworthy, vain, worthless, futile (class.;

syn.: frivolus, vanus, levis): servon fortunas meas me commisisse futtili!

Ter. And. 3, 5, 3; cf.:

irrideamus haruspices: vanos, futtiles esse dicamus,

Cic. Div. 1, 19, 36; and:

quis non odit sordidos, vanos, leves, futtiles?

id. Fin. 3, 11, 38:

locutores (with leves et importuni),

Gell. 1, 15, 1:

auctor,

Verg. A. 11, 339:

competitores,

Gell. 4, 8, 4; Enn. ap. Non. 511, 6 (Trag. v. 349 Vahl.):

futtiles commenticiaeque sententiae,

Cic. N. D. 1, 8, 18; cf.:

dicit quaedam futtilia et frivola,

Gell. 16, 12, 1:

opes ejus, quae futiles et conruptae sunt,

Sall. H. Fragm. 1, 41, 20 Dietsch:

alacritas,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 17, 37:

laetitiae,

id. ib. 5, 6, 16:

et caducum tempus,

Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 14:

lingua,

Phaedr. 5, 2, 10:

de causa,

Plin. 33, 2, 8, § 32:

nec futilis ictus,

Sil. 15, 797.— Hence, adv., in vain, idly, uselessly (anteand post-class.).

Form futtĭle: factum futtile, Enn. ap. Non. 514, 14 (Trag. v. 350 Vahl.):

provenisti,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 73 Ritschl.—

Form futtĭlĭter:

blaterata,

App. Mag. p. 275:

futile futtiliter,

Non. 514, 13.