frivolus

frivolus

frīvolus, a, um (v. frio), zerbrechlich, wertlos, I) eig., nur subst., frīvolum, ī, n., eine wertlose Kleinigkeit, Bagatelle, nescio quid frivoli, Suet. Cal. 39, 2: u. so Plur. frīvola, ōrum, n. (= σκευᾰρια ευτελη πάνυ, Gloss.; vgl. Paul. ex Fest. 90, 6. Isid. 9, 7, 26), ärmlicher Hausrat od. Haushalt, armselige Habe, Sen. contr. 2, 1 (9), 2. Sen. de tranqu. an. 1, 9. Ulp. dig. 13, 7, 11. § 5. Iuven. 3, 198 u. 5, 58. – II) übtr., wertlos, bedeutungslos, armselig, abgeschmackt, fade, albern, nichtig, a) v. Lebl.: sermo, Cornif. rhet.: iactatio, Sen. rhet.: iactantia, Quint.: insolentia, Phaedr.: plane frivola et frigida fides, Tertull.: iocus Plin.: convivia, Quint.: pisces, Apul.: quod est in primis frivolum ac scaenicum, Quint. – m. 2. Supin., frivolum dictu, Plin. 7, 186. – Plur. subst., frīvola, ōrum, n., nichtssagende Worte (Vorwürfe), Quint. 7, 2, 34; u. unnütze Kleinigkeiten, Capit. Albin. 5, 11. Vopisc. Aurel. 3, 1 u. Saturn. 11, 4: Ggstz. graviora, Apul. de deo Socr. prol. in. p. 1, 5 G. – b) v. Pers., läppisch, frivolo amentique similis, Suet. Claud. 15, 1.


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