frŭor, fructus (
* Perf. fruitus est, Dig. 7, 4, 29: fruiti sumus,Sen. Ep. 93, 7: fructus sum,Vell. 2, 104, 3; Lucr. 3, 940; v. Neue, Formenl. 2, 562; part. fut. fruiturus, v.in the foll.; imp. FRVIMINO, Inscr. Orell. 3121; as famino from fari, see below, II.), 3, v. dep. n. [for frugvor, from the root FRVG, of fruges, fructus; Goth. bruk-jan; Germ. brauchen, to use], to derive enjoyment from a thing, to enjoy, delight in (with a more restricted signif. than uti, to make use of a thing, to use it; cf.: Hannibal cum victoria posset uti, frui maluit, relictaque Roma Campaniam peragrare,Flor. 2, 6, 21: tu voluptate frueris, ego utor: tu illam summum bonum putas, ego nec bonum,Sen. Vit. Beat. 10 fin.; cf.: id est cujusque proprium quo quisque fruitur atque utitur,Cic. Fam. 7, 30, 2). Constr. with abl.; less freq. with acc. or absol.
* In gen.
* With abl., Plaut. As. 5, 2, 68: utatur suis bonis oportet et fruatur, qui beatus futurus est,Cic. N. D. 1, 37, 103; cf.: plurimis maritimis rebus fruimur atque utimur,id. ib. 2, 60, 152: commoda, quibus utimur, lucemque, qua fruimur,id. Rosc. Am. 45, 131: aevo sempiterno,id. Rep. 6, 13; cf.: immortali aevo,Lucr. 2, 647: vitā,Cic. Clu. 61, 170; id. Cat. 4, 4, 7; Sall. C. 1, 3; Tac. A. 16, 17; Sen. Ep. 61, 2: omnibus in vita commodis una cum aliquo,Caes. B. G. 3, 22, 2: voluptatibus,Cic. Rep. 3, 12; v.infra: optimis rebus,Phaedr. 4, 24, 9: gaudio,Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 2: meo amore,Prop. 2, 1, 48; cf. thalamis,Ov. F. 3, 554: etiam his, quae nec cibo nec poculo sunt, frui dicimur, etc.,Donat. ad Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 46: recordatione nostrae amicitiae,Cic. Lael. 4, 15: usu alicujus et moribus,id. ib. 9, 32: securitate (animus),id. ib. 13, 44: timore paventum,Sil. 12, 566; cf. poenă,Mart. 8, 30, 3: quod (genus vitae), virtute fruitur,Cic. Fin. 4, 6, 15 Madv. N. cr. al.: quo (spectaculo) fructus sum,Vell. 2, 104, 3: omnium rerum cognitione fructi sumus,Sen. Ep. 93 med.: non meo nomine, sed suo fructus est emptor,Dig. 7, 4, 29: mundo,Manil. 1, 759: eum esse beatum, qui praesentibus voluptatibus frueretur confideretque se fruiturum aut in omni aut in magna parte vitae,Cic. Tusc. 3, 17, 38.—Of personal objects, to enjoy one's society: neque te fruimur et tu nobis cares,Cic. Att. 2, 1, 4: Attico,Nep. Att. 20: ut sinat Sese alternas cum illo noctes hac frui,Plaut. As. 5, 2, 68: cara conjuge,Tib. 3, 3, 32: viro,Prop. 2, 9, 24.
* In partic., jurid. t. t., to have the use and enjoyment of a thing, to have the usufruct: quid? si constat, hunc non modo colendis praediis praefuisse, sed certis fundis patre vivo frui solitum esse?Cic. Rosc. Am. 15, 44: EVM AGRVM POSIDERE FRVIQVE VIDETVR OPORTERE,Inscr. Orell. 3121 (A. U. C. 637); cf.: AGRVM POSIDEBVNT FRVENTVRQVE, ib.: AGRVM NEI HABETO NIVE FRVIMINO, ib.; and: QVOD ANTE K. IAN. FRVCTI SVNT ERVNTQVE VECTIGAL, ib.: ut censores agrum Campanum fruendum locarent,Liv. 27, 11, 8; cf. id. 32, 7, 3: qui in perpetuum fundum fruendum conduxerunt a municipibus, etc.,Dig. 6, 3, 1; cf. Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 27.
* Absol.: satiatis et expletis jucundius est carere quam frui,Cic. de Sen. 14, 47: datur: fruare, dum licet,Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 104: quae gignuntur nobis ad fruendum,Cic. Leg. 2, 7, 16; cf.: di tibi divitias dederant artemque fruendi,Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 7: fruebamur, cum, etc.,were delighted,Plin. Pan. 34, 4.

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