fretum ī, n (abl. also fretū, m, C.)
FVR-,
a strait, sound, channel
: fretorum angustiae: freta inter currentia turres,
H.: in freto Oceani,
narrow sea
, Ta.: Siciliense,
the Strait of Messina
: Siciliae, Cs.: ab
Italiā freto diiunctus: actus freto Neptunius Dux (sc.
Siciliae), H.: fretum nostri maris et
Oceani, i. e.
the Strait of Gibraltar
, S.—
The sea
: fretum puppe secare,
O.—Plur: In freta dum fluvii
current, V.: fretis acrior
Hadriae, H.—Fig.,
a strait, narrow sea
: perangusto fretu divisa iura.—
A gulf, abyss
: in illo aeris alieni tamquam fretu.