fret (v.) Copy link Outline A. Trans.I. To wear awayII. To distress1. sollĭcĭto, 12. mācĕro, 1 (a strong expr., to f. and waste away)3. ango, anxi, 3; v. TO VEX.B. Intrans.1. ango, 3 (in pass., or with pron. refl.)2. mācĕro, 1 (with pron. refl., or in pass.3. dŏleo, 2; v. TO GRIEVE. • fret (v.): A. Trans.: I. To wear away: ērōdo, attĕro: v. TO WEAR AWAY, corrode. II. To distress: 1. sollĭcĭto, 1: there are a great many things which f. and worry me, multa sunt quae me s. anguntque, Cic. Att. 1, 18, ad init.: what is it that is f.ing you, quae res te s.? Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 10. 2. mācĕro, 1 (a strong expr., to f. and waste away): why do I torment myself? why do I f. myself, cur me excrucio? cur me m.? Ter. And. 5, 3, 15: Pl. 3. ango, anxi, 3; v. to vex. B. Intrans.: to distress oneself: 1. ango, 3 (in pass., or with pron. refl.): to f. over one's troubles, suis incommodis (graviter) angi, Cic. Am. 3, 10: sometimes with animo or animi: it is absurd of you to f. (about it), absurde facis qui te angas animi, Pl. Ep. 3, 1, 6: Cic. Fam. 16, 14 (animi angi). 2. mācĕro, 1 (with pron. refl., or in pass.: v. supr. II., 2): I have f.'d enough with anxiety and tears, sat me cura lacrimisque maceravi, Pl. Capt. 5, 1, 8: v. to pine. 3. dŏleo, 2; v. to grieve.
FRET Copy link • FRET 1. animi motus, commotio, concitatio: permotio (the last, Cic., Acad., 2, 44, 135): animi cura or sollicitudo: to be in a fret, aestuare (Cic.; about anything, de aliqua re); sollicitudinem habere; in sollicitudine esse; aegritudinem suscipere, etc.: to keep one’s mind in a continual fret, nullum quietum spiritum ducere (of the person himself); aliquem quiescere or conquiescere non pati (of a person or thing that does not suffer him to rest): to be in a fret about anything; Vid: To FRET, v., INTRANS. 2. v. TRANS., aegre facere alicui (to disturb anybody’s mind; Plaut., Cas., 3, 4, 17; Ter., Eun., 4, 1, 10): lacessere aliquem (to be always at him): aliquem quiescere or conquiescere non sinere (never to let him rest): vexare aliquem: mentem alicujus excitam vexare (Sall.): anxium et sollicitum me habet aliquid. This frets my husband, hoc male habet virum (puts him in a bad humor; Terentianus): to fret one’s self to death, moerore se conficere; moerore confici. To wear off by rubbing, atterere: usu deterere (if by use): To form into raised work, caelare. 3. v. INTRANS., aestuare (to have the mind in a slate of ferment; either absolutely, or with ablative of the cause): tumultuari (to be in a state of restlessness; ☞ Off., l, 23, 80): moerere; in moerore esse or (stronger) jacere (to be grieved): to fret about anything, aegritudinem suscipere ex re; aestuare aliqua re or desiderio alicujus rei (if the possession of it is desired); moerere aliquid or aliqua re; sollicitum esse de re; laborare; anxium et sollicitum me habet aliquid; aegritudinem suscipere propter aliquem (about anybody). Don’t fret, ne sis perturbatus (Terentianus): he frets about, aegre ille fert, quod, etc.: to fret about trifles or nothing, a rebus levissimis pendere. To fret (of wine, etc.). Vid: To FERMENT.