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frētus , a, um, adj. root dhar-, Sanscr. dhar-ā-mi, hold, support; v. frēnum,
I.leaning or supported on something, in a good or bad sense; relying or depending upon, trusting to; daring (class.; cf.: fultus, nixus).—Constr. with abl., rarely with dat., with inf. (poet.), and with objectclause.
(γ). With inf.: “(naves) pontum irrumpere fretae Longius,daring, venturing, Stat. Th. 6, 23.—
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (21):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 3.7.6
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 5.21.12
    • null, 7.25
    • Cicero, For Plancius, 42.103
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 10, 5.5
    • Plautus, Menaechmi, 5.2
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 5.430
    • Plautus, Amphitruo, 1.1
    • Plautus, Captivi, 2.2
    • Plautus, Casina, 2.5
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 2.24
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 6.1058
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 6, 13.1
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 6, 31.6
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 8, 22
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 9, 35
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 4, 37.6
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 9, 40
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 1.19
    • Statius, Thebias, 6
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 7.7.31
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