Lewis Short
(adjective) : frētus, a, um, root dhar-, Sanscr. dhar-ā-mi, hold, support; v. frēnum
* 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.
* With abl.: omnes mortales dis sunt freti, Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 38 sq.: magnanimi viri freti virtute et viribus,id. Am. 1, 1, 56: ingenio ejus,id. Capt. 2, 2, 100: dote,id. Men. 5, 2, 17: vobis,Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 33: vobis fretus,Cic. Planc. 42, 103: fretus intellegentiā vestrā,id. N. D. 1, 19, 49: fretus conscientiā officii mei,id. Fam. 3, 7, 6: gratiā Bruti,id. Att. 5, 21, 12: ingenio,id. de Or. 2, 24, 103: juventā,Verg. A. 5, 430 al.: amicitiis,Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 7, 25: pondere enim fretae (res) stant,Lucr. 6, 1058: ferro et animis,Liv. 9, 40, 4: malitiā suā,Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 43: multitudine solā,Liv. 9, 35, 3.
* With dat. (only in Liv.; v. Zumpt, Gram. § 413): multitudo hostium, nulli rei praeterquam numero freta,Liv. 6, 13, 1; cf.: tamquam constantissimae rei, fortunae,id. 4, 37, 6; so, discordiae hostium,id. 6, 31, 6: haec civitas Samnitium infidae adversus Romanos societati freta,id. 8, 22, 7.
* With inf.: (naves) pontum irrumpere fretae Longius,daring, venturing,Stat. Th. 6, 23.
* With object-clause: satis fretus esse etiam nunc tolerando certamini legatum,Liv. 10, 5, 5: fretus excipi posse (hostem), qua venturum sciebat,Curt. 7, 7, 31.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary